Daily Archives: January 4, 2023

Traditional Site of Jesus’ Baptism and The Dead Sea

Our guides planned to take us to this traditional site of Jesus’ Jordan River baptism, but the road was blocked, so all we got were these 2 photos, which I’ll include here. We continued over to the Dead Sea, which … Continue reading

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Visiting Qumran

This trip has been really fun!  We’re with our kids, and now we’ve added our dear friends.  Our next stop after visiting Masada was Qumran.  When I was a student here, the Qumran experience was basically a stop at a … Continue reading

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Masada

Most know the story of Masada, the fortress built by Herod the Great between 37 and 31 BCE.  He built two palaces for himself on this mountain fortification.  Josephus wrote about the siege of Masada by Roman troops from 73 to … Continue reading

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