ISRAEL PHOTOS III  -- A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS FROM ISRAEL 

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

A WATCHTOWER IN AN OLIVE GROVE / VINEYARD


A watchtower in an olive grove near Lower Beth Horan (Sept. 2003)

In the limestone hill country north of Jerusalem the people built terraces and planted olive trees.  Vines were planted and supported by the stone walls.  They appeared as light green on the limestone walls.  The watchtower was used for security purposes.


January 22, 2006 near Bethel along Rte 60.

 In 2006 I toured the West Bank along Rte. 60 north of Bethel near Ofra and found numerous watchtowers.

Israel once tended many vineyards.  Currently some wine was produced in the north of Israel, but not as much wine industry in the West Bank as
the area was primarily Muslim and they did not allow the consumption of alcohol.  As late as the Byzantine era there were numerous vine, wine amphora, and grapes represented by artwork on synagogues, churches, and in public areas.  Having traveled the roads between Jerusalem and Nablaus.

Parable of the Vineyard Owner

Matthew 21 

American Standard Version -- 1901 copyright expired

33 Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a wall around it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
34
And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.
35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them in like manner.
37
But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38
But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
39
And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40
When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
41
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
43
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Some authors wrote that a village carpenter would have also been a master mason able to raise up stone structures. 

.Parable of the Mustard Seed
     A Mustard Field Along Highway 87-North Shore of Galilee
     Mustard Seeds in the Palm of a Hand
     A Branching Mustard Plant Near the Jordan River/Bethsaida
     Mustard Field March 1999
     Mustard Flowers
    
Chukar Partridges
Upper Most Seats of the Synagogue
The Fig Tree
     Mt of Olives Fig Tree April 12-13, 2005
     Fig and Pomegranate trees below Siloam in Jerusalem
     Israel Photos II fig tree page
The Good Shepherd
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
     Goat Herder
Camels
Eye of the Needle
Ritual Cleansing
Shechem
     The Olive Harvest of Samaria
     Mt. Ebal
     Olive Tree
Pearl of Great Price
A First Century Synagogue at Gamala
     View from the Vulture Overlook
     Overview of Gamala
     Roman Artillery Replica
A First Century Boat on Display at Kibbutz Ginosaur
     Modern Galilee Fishing Boats
Kursi
     
Caves and/or Tombs
     Steep Slope near the Lake
Hippos
Feeding the 5,000
     On the Mountain
     Walking on Water

     Ramot-Zelon area
     Alternate location
Mt. Hermon
The Pool(s) of Bethesda in Jerusalem

     Healing Pools
     Southern Pool
     Crusader Chapel and St. Ann Church
The Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem
     Gihon Spring
     Hezekiah's Tunnel
     Overlook of 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      
First Century Artifacts from Qumran and Masada
     Qumran -- 1st century pottery

     Masada -- 1st century glassware
     Masada -- 1st century pottery
     Masada -- 1st century stoneware
Waterskins and Wineskins
The Fish and the Coin
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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