ISRAEL PHOTOS III  -- A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS FROM ISRAEL 

WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES AND SITES PERTINENT TO THE STUDY OF CHRISTIANITY

Shechem


Shechem/Nablus - (Sept 2003)

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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