Sample Itinerary
Sample Itinerary
The following is a sample itinerary, and is subject to change.
Proceed through passport control and customs. University staff will greet groups outside customs and take you directly to your lodging in Jerusalem.
Morning seminars followed by an afternoon walk in the Old City of Jerusalem. Sites visited will include the Western Wall, City of David, Hezekiah’s Tunnel, and the Pool of Siloam.
Field tour focusing on the central part of the country in the tribal allotments of Benjamin. Sites visited include: Michmash, Gibeah, Jericho, the Aijalon and Sorek valleys. (There will be a special evening lecture on The Middle East Today.)
A morning walk through the Old City of Jerusalem will take you to sites of special interest in New Testament times. You will visit Bethesda, the modern Via Dolorosa, and the Temple Mount. Afternoon seminars prepare you for the remaining regions.
View Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Walk to the Garden of Gethsemane and then on to the Garden Tomb. Visit the Holocaust museum Yad Vashem, a detailed scale model of the Second Temple, the Herodion, and Bethlehem.
Follow ancient routes from the hill country on the coastal plain visiting sites including Lachish—the last defense against Nebuchadnezzar’s conquest, Azekah, the Valley of Elah where David fought Goliath, and the Philistine port city Ashkelon.
Travel to Masada, the Jewish Zealot’s last holdout against the Romans in 73 AD. Take a swim in the Dead Sea, visit the En Gedi where David hid from Saul, and see the caves at Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Enjoy a day of leisure, shopping, and sightseeing. (There will be a special evening lecture on Jewishness in the Modern State of Israel.)
Spend 3 days in the northern regions of Samaria and Galilee. Visit Caesarea, Megiddo, Mount Carmel, and the Jezreel Valley. Also visit sites central to Christ’s ministry, including: Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Beatitudes, Bethesda, and Caesarea Philippi. Lodging is provided at a kibbutz hotel near the Sea of Galilee.
Your last full day in Israel will be free for independent activities such as shopping and sightseeing.
Enjoy one of the longest days of your life reflecting on all you have learned walking and studying the land of the Bible, as you fly west and arrive in North America the same day.