ISRAEL PHOTOS III -- A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS FROM ISRAELWITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES AND SITES PERTINENT TO THE STUDY OF CHRISTIANITY |
The View Towards Jericho and the Dead Sea from Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem
An early morning view from Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem towards Amman, Jordan with the Dead Sea in the distance. As Jesus was approaching Jerusalem he taught his people about the man who had proven he loved his neighbor. There was a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho; about a 3500 foot descent on a twisted mountainous road. He was attacked by robbers, beaten, and left too weak to walk. A Pharisee passed by and decided not to get involved and continued without helping the wounded man. A chief priest also passed by and decided he should not help the wounded fellow. A Samaritan found the crime scene and loaded the wounded man on his donkey and transported the man to an inn; probably in Jericho about 17 miles from Jerusalem. The Samaritan asked the inn keeper to lodge the man and gave money to the inn keeper offering to pay any more if necessary the next time the Samaritan might pass through the area. Jesus taught that the Samaritan was a better neighbor than those who did nothing to help. Samaritans are Jews descended from those who intermarried with people who were settled in Samaria by Assyrian rulers. They did not worship in Jerusalem but celebrated the Passover in Samaria. Samaritans had a Torah scroll. In recent times Israel granted Samaritans the right of return to Israel and some of them moved out of the West Bank/Palestine into Israel
Parable of the Mustard Seed
A Mustard Field Along Highway 87-North Shore of Galilee
Mustard Seeds in the Palm of a Hand
Mustard Flowers
Giant Mustard
Upper Most Seats of the Synagogue
The Fig Tree
Mt of Olives Fig Tree, April 12-13, 2005
Fig and Pomegranite Trees Below Siloam in Jerusalem
Sycomore Fig Tree
The Good Shepherd
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
Goat Herder
Camels
Ritual Cleansing
Shechem
The Olive Harvest of Samaria
Mt. Ebal
Olive Tree
Pearl of Great Price
A First Century Synagogue at Gamala
Overview of Gamala
Modern Galilee Fishing Boats
Kursi
Caves and/or Tombs
Steep Slope Near Kursi
Hippos
Feeding the 5,000
On the Mountain
Walking on Water
Ramot-Tzelon area
Mt. Hermon
The Pools of Bethesda in Jerusalem
Healing Pools
Crusader Chapel and St. Ann Church
Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem
Hezekiah's Tunnel
Overlook to Siloam
Tower of Siloam
A Watch Tower in a Vineyard/Olive Grove
Grape Vines at Beth Horan
Towers
Mt. Precipice
South Face
Summit
Over the edge
Measuring Line
View of Nazareth from near Megiddo
Nazareth
The Basilica of the Annunciation
Capernaum
Healing a Paralytic in Capernaum
Bethsaida
Waterskins and Wineskins
The Fish and the Coin
Barbel
A Denarius
Casting Out a Demon
The Road to Jericho
Old Roman Road
Wilderness Above Jericho
Old Jericho
Western Wall
Gethsemane and the Cave of Gethsemane
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Rolling Stone Tombs - Jerusalem
Other Rolling Stone Tombs
Tiberias
Solar Power in Israel
Salt of the earth
Chorazin
OTHER WEB SITES BY DAVID HALL:
Israel Photos VI
Israel Photos V -- Spring 2011
Israel Photos IV -- Pilgrimage
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