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Study Materials:

Each tour participant is provided with an extensive reader consisting of various scholarly articles, maps, prayers and biblical texts that are specifically selected to complement each tour and the sites visited. These materials enhance daily daily lectures and provide a greater context and understanding of the live and times of Jesus. For some examples of articles and maps, click below

  1. Map of Ptolemaic and Seleucid monarchies, 3rd-1st centuries BCE
  2. Territorial Divisions in the Hellenistic Period
  3. Map during the time of Judas Maccabeus, 160-155 BCE
  4. Reprisals to the Maccabean Revolt, 164-163 BCE
  5. Map of the Rule of the Hasmonean Dynasty, 140-37 BCE
  6. Timeline of Significant Political Events in the 2nd Temple Period
  7. Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus: Excavations Along the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount
  8. The Holy Land under the Rome and the Herodian Dynasty
  9. The Ministry of Jesus in the Galilee
  10. The Sea of Galilee in the Time of Jesus
  11. The Historic Port of Caesarea
  12. The Essenes
  13. The Sadducees
  14. The Pharisees E
  15. The Zealots