The Biblical Studies Carnival

The October carnival has arrived before the day is done - it being NZ time. Read it here at Xenos by Jonathan Robinson, resident alien.

2010-10-29 - sitting in Ben Gurion airport

The last - last photos - have a curious translation problem - how would you manage the accents and the words for the Hebrew subtitles in The Trail of the Pink Panther? E.g. the confusion between message and massage - or the way he says his English words with an umlauted French accent?

Jaffa - the final day

What do we know of Jaffa? Oranges. And the house of Simon the tanner - near the water.

Tel Aviv -

Renting the car was a good idea - and quite inexpensive - $205 for the week. It allowed much easier access to sites. Not needed of course for Jerusalem. But I was glad to be rid of it and the responsibility of finding the way to places. (Not that difficult except for Nazareth)

Now we are on the last lap

Tzipori

The city of Tzipori (Sepphoris) only a few short km from Nazareth, sits on a hilltop like a bird - the mosaics are exquisite. I write from the coffee shop at the Sheraton, a blue expanse of sea stretching out before me - a sandy beach inviting -

A second attempt to see the Church of the Adolescent Jesus

2010-10-26-03:10

Too late for this church again. On the way back from Cana we attempted to drive up but there was a very severe traffic jam - so we found our parking space and went back to the hotel and climbed straight up the 400 steps - I didn't count them. We had no information on hours - it turns out they are only open between 2 and 3 PM!

Cana - about 6 km from Nazareth

2010-10-26 - we braved the car and drove to Cana - 6 km in the direction of Tiberias. Right away we found a parking place - the churches being closed for siesta - so we bought some wine (and tasted it also at the proprietor's insistence.) Good dry red wine. Then we found a place to have our lunch. At the bakery we had been given a package of crushed oregano and sesame spice to eat our bread with. A loaf of fresh baked bread - 4 shekels.