ISRAEL PHOTOS III -- A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS FROM ISRAELWITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES AND SITES PERTINENT TO THE STUDY OF CHRISTIANITY |
This photo was taken from the south looking northwards through the pass between Mt. Gerazim to the left and Mt. Ebal to the right of the gap.This area was Shechem where Jesus visited a woman at a well as recorded in the Gospel According to John.
Jesus was talking to a woman of Shechem who was at the local well drawing water: John 4:20-23 (WEB) Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 22 You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
The Samaritans had an altar on Mt. Gerazim called the altar of Abraham. On Mt. Gerazim in the left side of the above photo Samaritans sacrificed their Passover lambs. The Samaritans sacrificed lambs on top of the mountain as late as the 20th century. There were disagreements between Jews and Samaritans. The Samaritans were rejected as they did not pay tithes to the Jewish religious establishment.
Samaritans on Mt. Gerazim with rabbi carrying torah scroll c. 1900-1920
Lambs on wood spits in preparation for the Passover feast, Mt.
Gerazim, c. 1900-1920
The Samaritans were descended from a group of Jews who had intermarried with people deported from other areas and settled in Samaria by the Assyrians after they conquered northern Israel. For the Passover they were commanded to roast the meat; not boil it. The Samaritans camped on Mt. Gerazim in tents in observance of the Passover. Some Roman era Jews camped in tents outside the walls of Jerusalem for their Passover observance; as there was no room at local inns due to the huge influx of Jews attending the festival.
Samaritans making unleavened bread dough and baking it
on the hearth, Mt. Gerazim, c. 1900-1920
Josephus described a temple that was used by the Samaritans on Mt.Gerazim: Samaritan Temple on Mt. Gerazim
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
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Israel Photos VI
Israel Photos V -- Spring 2011
Israel Photos IV -- Pilgrimage
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