Information Session: Thursday September 15th, 12:15 to 1:15 in MCM 260.

Exploring Christianity, Hebrew Bible and Ecology in Israel

Student must enroll in one of the following courses for the Spring 2016 term: RSTD 232, Visions of Christianity; RSTD 321, Church and State; RSTD 335, Primal Religions; RSTD 361, Hebrew Bible.

Students for this trip will be drawn from 3 religious studies courses to be taught in the Spring of 2016. The trip will supplement the classroom and student research. The trip will be offered to those in these classes but will not be required. Students will visit key places where the Bible unfolded.

Students will visit important sites throughout Israel and connect experiences to what they learn in the classroom. The trip will cover a wide variety of religious and cultural sites. We start in the Roman city of Caesarea by the sea, visit Mount Carmel and Nazareth. We spend three days around the Sea of Galilee and one day in the far north, visiting the ruins of Dan and the Golan Heights. On our way to the south we pass through the Jordan Valley, see the Dead Sea, and visit Qumran and Masada. We spend 4 days in and around Jerusalem, visiting archeological digs and historical sites in the city.