A Man Walked Down from Jerusalem to Jericho
Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan who finds a man robbed and beaten on the side of the road. I have the opportunity to take a hike on one of the trails going down to Jericho. Along the way we see a monastery, canyons, caves, water springs, and wildlife. The video ends at the Jordan River and a remembrance of baptism.
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The Monastery of Temptation is traditionally considered the site where Jesus (SAW) was tempted by the devil during his 40-day fast. The place is also sometimes referred to as Mount Quarantania or Jabal Quruntal in Arabic. Both names arise from the Latin word quarentena meaning 40. The site is said to be identified by Empress Helena of Constantinople during her pilgrimage in 326 AD.
There is a Greek Orthodox Church that clings to the mountain’s sheer face about 350 meters above sea level. The earliest monastery was constructed on the site by the Byzantines in the 6th century. Crusaders then built two churches: one in a cave half way up the cliff and the second on the summit of the mount. In 1895, the Greek Orthodox Monastery was constructed around a cave chapel that contains the stone where Jesus sat during his fast.
There are two ways to get to the Monastery, either by taking a cable car ride up or by climbing up the bare, rocky slopes of Jabal Quruntal to the Monastery, which takes only 15-30 minutes.
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FaithND and the Parable of the Good Samaritan on the Road to Jericho
FaithND takes you to the Holy Land: hear the parable of the Good Samaritan read on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho, where the story is set. More at faith.nd.edu.
01 Jericho
The first in a series of fifty very short video introducing 50 Must Visit Bible sites in Israel.
Israel/Jericho/Gaza - Arafat Visit Reactions
Thousands of outraged Israelis began converging on Jerusalem for
four days of anti-Arafat protests on Thursday (30/6), and Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin accused them of inciting Jew against Jew.
Rabin warned them he would use the full power of the state to stop
them from turning Jerusalem into a city under siege. Opposition
leaders say they'll paralyze Jerusalem with large-scale protests
against the visit of PLO chief Yasser Arafat. Jericho residents are disappointed that Arafat picked the Gaza Strip to make his return to the land Israel has occupied for 27 years. In Gaza, excited Palestinians rolled up their sleeves and set about cleaning up and hanging out welcome banners.
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0.00 israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin arrives and out of car
0.11 israeli foreign minister shimon peres sot: he will come
tomorrow in the early hours of the afternoon, there is no problem
of violating the saturday, i think there will be no problems
JERICHO
0.20 street scenes
0.31 palestinian man (unidentified) sot: i'm not disappointed
because i believe he will come to jericho... maybe in this visit,
or maybe later on
GAZA
0.41 street scenes
0.45 arafat mural
JERUSALEM
0.53 jewish demonstrators
0.58 street scenes
1.01 demonstrator sot: i don't care if i have to lie down in front of the road... if
i have to block the road with my car i will stop him coming to
jerusalem
1.08 jewish man praying
1.11 jewish woman praying
1.15 anti-plo protest banners
1.21 ends
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A description of the first century historical background of the parable of the good Samaritan, shot on location in Israel on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.
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The Qumran caves are the site where a Palestine shepherd discovered ancient dead sea scrolls in 1946! He found over 2,000 scrolls in 11 different caves in the region. These scrolls are believed to be written around 150 B.C and 70 A.D. Many of these scrolls were found in clay jars and are well preserved.
The Qumran caves are 1.6 KM from the west of the Dead Sea. Many other discoveries were found in the area! We will be showing you how they lived during that time. Pottery and water reservation techniques were very impressive. We hope you enjoy our latest episode.
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Palestine Travel Show: Part IV
We end this episode of the Palestine Travel Show by discovering the best of Ramallah with a visit to Arafat's Tomb, the Darwish museum, sampling famous ice cream and the party scene. We also join a peaceful protest in Bilin and end the day by discovering the origin of the good samaritan.
Jericho - the ancient synagogue Shalom Al Yisrael with one of the most beautiful mosaics.
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera
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סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
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Israel 2018 VLOG #3 Bethlehem & The Road to Jericho
Leaving Jerusalem via the Israel Museum, which held Shrine of the book & Dead Sea Scrolls, we then crossed into the West Bank and visited Herodion- where King Herod once lived.
Going into Bethlehem we stopped off at the Square and Church where its alleged that Jesus was born. We stayed over night in Bethlehem and visited the West Bank wall and the Christian Bookshop before setting off on the road to Jericho.
The Judean Desert and the Jordan Valley had amazing views before stopping off at Jericho where part of the walls are still standing. We finished the day at the hot springs and Sachne.
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Desert of Israel on the way from Jericho to Ramallah
Lot's Wife Pillar, Mount Sodom, and Zohar Fortress
The Zohar valley is identified by scholars as the Edom Way mentioned in 2 Kings 3. It hosts the ruins of a fortress and an observation tower.
Mount Sodom is made of 80% salt and is home to the longest single running salt cave in the world.
Lot's Wife Pillar is a salt pillar standing on top of Mount Sodom.
In this episode, we will explore all three by land and air.
Season 2, Episode 10
Timeline of the name Palestine | Wikipedia audio article
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Timeline of the name Palestine
00:03:20 1 Historical references
00:03:30 1.1 Ancient period
00:03:39 1.1.1 Egyptian period
00:04:39 1.1.2 Assyrian period
00:06:26 1.2 Classical antiquity
00:06:35 1.2.1 Persian (Achaemenid) Empire period
00:08:36 1.2.2 Hellenic kingdoms (Ptolemaic/Seleucid/Hasmonean) period
00:09:27 1.2.3 Roman Jerusalem period
00:16:06 1.2.4 Roman Aelia Capitolina period
00:24:55 1.3 Late Antiquity period
00:25:04 1.3.1 Late Roman Empire (Byzantine) period
00:35:59 1.4 Middle Ages
00:36:07 1.4.1 Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates period
00:42:25 1.4.2 Fatimid Caliphate period
00:44:47 1.4.3 Crusaders period
00:46:15 1.4.4 Ayyubid and Mamluk periods
00:52:21 1.5 Early modern period
00:52:30 1.5.1 Early Ottoman period
01:16:22 1.6 Modern period
01:16:31 1.6.1 Late Ottoman period
01:58:46 1.6.2 Formation of the British Mandate
02:03:59 2 Biblical references
02:08:56 3 Etymological considerations
02:09:36 4 See also
02:09:57 5 Bibliography
02:18:07 6 Notes
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This article presents a list of notable historical references to the name Palestine as a place name in the Middle East throughout the history of the region, including its cognates such as Filastin and Palaestina.
The term Peleset (transliterated from hieroglyphs as P-r-s-t) is found in five inscriptions referring to a neighboring people or land starting from circa 1150 BC during the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. The first known mention is at the temple at Medinet Habu which refers to the Peleset among those who fought with Egypt in Ramesses III's reign, and the last known is 300 years later on Padiiset's Statue. The Assyrians called the same region Palashtu/Palastu or Pilistu, beginning with Adad-nirari III in the Nimrud Slab in c. 800 BC through to an Esarhaddon treaty more than a century later. Neither the Egyptian nor the Assyrian sources provided clear regional boundaries for the term.The first appearance of the term Palestine was in 5th century BC Ancient Greece when Herodotus wrote of a district of Syria, called Palaistinê between Phoenicia and Egypt in The Histories. Herodotus was describing the coastal region, but is also considered to have applied the term to the inland region such as the Judean mountains and the Jordan Rift Valley. Later Greek writers such as Aristotle, Polemon and Pausanias also used the word, which was followed by Roman writers such as Ovid, Tibullus, Pomponius Mela, Pliny the Elder, Dio Chrysostom, Statius, Plutarch as well as Roman Judean writers Philo of Alexandria and Josephus. The word was never used in an official context during the Hellenistic period, and is not found on any Hellenistic coin or inscription, first coming into official use in the early second century AD. It has been contended that in the first century authors still associated the term with the southern coastal region.In 135 AD, the Greek Syria Palaestina was used in naming a new Roman province from the merger of Roman Syria and Roman Judaea after the Roman authorities crushed the Bar Kokhba Revolt. Circumstantial evidence links Hadrian to the renaming of the province, which took place around the same time as Jerusalem was refounded as Aelia Capitolina, but the precise date of the change in province name is uncertain. The common view that the name change was intended sever the connection of the Jews to their historical homeland is disputed.During the Byzantine period c. 390, the imperial province of Syria Palaestina was reorganized into: Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda, and Palaestina Salutaris. Following the Muslim conquest, place names that were in use by the Byzantine administration generally continued to be used in Arabic. The use of the name Palestine became common in Early Modern English, was used in English and Arabic during the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem. In the 20th century the name was used by the British to refer to Mandatory Palestine, a mandate from the former O ...
Jericho, The City Of Palm Trees And Springs.
Jericho is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate.
Jericho is mentioned in the Old Testament as a city of palm trees and springs. The city was made famous by Joshua, who took over from Moses to lead the Jews, then called “Israelites” out of exile and into their promised land, However, Jericho existed long before Joshua; twenty different layers of civilizations have been unearthed at Jericho, the oldest as early as 9,000 B.C.E.
One could write about Jericho century by century and it’s been done, but for the sake of hitting the highlights, a jump to the Hellenistic period sees Herod making arrangements to “rent” Jericho from Cleopatra and Mark Anthony who were holding the reigns in Egypt at the time. Vaulting a bit forward, to the Christian Gospels, it is said that Jesus healed blind beggars in Jericho as he was passing through and the Jericho-Jerusalem highway is understood to be the backdrop for the Good Samaritan parable. After Jerusalem fell to Vespasian in 70 C.E., Jericho declined and faded from mention other than being a base for the Roman army which squelched the Bar Kochba Revolt in 133 C.E. The town was under Christian influence throughout the Byzantine period, with a number of monasteries and churches built, though they were subsequently abandoned during the Persian invasion in 614. Remains of two synagogues from the 6th century make Jericho a mixed brew of cultures as the lawyers of civilizations continued accumulating.
The Arab caliphate period lasted for another five centuries and the city flourished until the invasion of the Seljuk Turks and the events of the Crusades turned things around again. The Crusaders rebuilt the Monastery of St. George of Koziba, built back in 340 C.E. and abandoned shortly afterwards, and another two churches that they dedicated to John the Baptist. Nevertheless, they were soon evicted again by Saladin after the Battle of Hattin victory
The modern Jericho, occupied in the 1967 Six Day War, was one of the land swaps for the sake of peace and came under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority in 1994. The Palestinians built a casino as a tourist attraction following the peace agreement and it was the only legal gambling house in the entire region; many Israelis visited and it made a huge profit for a while. But the beginning of the 2nd intifada in 2001 changed everything, as one would guess. The casino was closed down and Israelis were, and remain, prohibited from entering Jericho as well as all other areas under sole Palestinian jurisdiction. The Allenby Bridge is about 5 miles from Jericho, one of the two border crossing into Jordan, the other being the Eilat crossing to Aqaba.
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Pontius Pilate (; Latin: Pontius Pilatus; Greek: Πόντιος Πιλάτος, Pontios Pilatos) was the fifth prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from AD 26/27 to 36/37. In Christian tradition, he is known for adjudicating on the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.
The sources for Pilate's life are an inscription known as the Pilate Stone, which confirms his historicity and establishes his title as prefect; a brief mention by Tacitus; Philo of Alexandria; Josephus; the four canonical gospels; the Acts of the Apostles; the First Epistle to Timothy; the Gospel of Nicodemus; the Gospel of Marcion; and other apocryphal works. Based on these sources, it appears that Pilate was an equestrian of the Pontii family, and succeeded Valerius Gratus as prefect of Judaea in AD 26. Once in his post he offended the religious sensibilities of his subjects, leading to harsh criticism from Philo, and many decades later, Josephus. According to Josephus, who wrote about it around AD 93, Pilate was deposed and sent to Rome by Lucius Vitellius after harshly suppressing a Samaritan movement, arriving just after the death of Tiberius which occurred on 16 March in AD 37. Pilate was replaced by Marcellus.
In all four gospel accounts, Pilate lobbies for Jesus to be spared his eventual fate of execution, and acquiesces only when the crowd refuses to relent. He thus seeks to avoid personal responsibility for the death of Jesus. In the Gospel of Matthew, Pilate washes his hands to show that he is not responsible for the execution of Jesus and reluctantly sends him to his death. The Gospel of Mark, depicting Jesus as innocent of plotting against the Roman Empire, portrays Pilate as reluctant to execute him. In the Gospel of Luke, Pilate not only agrees that Jesus did not conspire against Rome, but Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee, also finds nothing treasonable in Jesus' actions. In the Gospel of John, Pilate states I find no guilt in Him [Jesus], and he asks the Jews if Jesus should be released from custody.Scholars have long debated how to interpret Pilate's portrayal in the sources. The significance of the Pilate Stone, an artifact discovered in 1961 that names Pontius Pilate, is similarly debated by scholars.
Temple Mount
The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew (and in Judaism) as Har haBáyith (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת) and in Arabic (and in Islam) as the Haram Ash-Sharif (Arabic: الحرم القدسي الشريف, al-haram al-qudsī ash-sharīf, Noble Sanctuary), is one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem.[citation needed] It has been used as a religious site for thousands of years. At least four religions are known to have used the Temple Mount: Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Roman paganism.
Biblical scholars have often identified it with two biblical mountains of uncertain location: Mount Moriah where the binding of Isaac took place, and Mount Zion where the original Jebusite fortress stood, however both interpretations are disputed.
Judaism regards the Temple Mount as the place where God chose the Divine Presence to rest (Isa 8:18); according to the rabbinic sages whose debates produced the Talmud, it was from here the world expanded into its present form and where God gathered the dust used to create the first man, Adam. The site is the location of Abraham's binding of Isaac, and of two Jewish Temples. According to the Bible the site should function as the center of all national life—a governmental, judicial and, of course, religious center (Deut 12:5-26; 14:23-25; 15:20; 16:2-16; 17:8-10; 26: 2; 31: 11; Isa 2: 2-5; Oba 1:21; Psa 48). During the Second Temple Period it functioned also as an economical center. From that location the word of God will come out to all nations, and that is the site where all prayers are focused. According to Jewish tradition and scripture (2 Chronicles 3:1-2), the first temple was built by Solomon the son of David in 957 BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The second was constructed under the auspices of Zerubbabel in 516 BCE and destroyed by the Roman Empire in 70 CE. Jewish tradition maintains it is here the Third and final Temple will also be built. The location is the holiest site in Judaism and is the place Jews turn towards during prayer. Due to its extreme sanctity, many Jews will not walk on the Mount itself, to avoid unintentionally entering the area where the Holy of Holies stood, since according to Rabbinical law, some aspect of the Divine Presence is still present at the site.[2] It was from the Holy of Holies that the High Priest communicated directly with God.
Among Sunni Muslims, the Mount is widely considered to be the third holiest site in Islam. Revered as the Noble Sanctuary (Bait-ul-Muqaddas) and the location of Muhammad's journey to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, the site is also associated with Jewish biblical prophets who are also venerated in Islam.[citation needed] After the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 637 CE, Umayyad Caliphs commissioned the construction of the al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock on the site.[3] The Dome was completed in 692 CE, making it one of the oldest extant Islamic structures in the world, after the Kaabah. The Al Aqsa Mosque rests on the far southern side of the Mount, facing Mecca. The Dome of the Rock currently sits in the middle, occupying or close to the area where the Bible mandates the Holy Temple be rebuilt.[4]
In light of the dual claims of both Judaism and Islam, it is one of the most contested religious sites in the world. Since the Crusades, the Muslim community of Jerusalem has managed the site as a Waqf, without interruption.[5] As part of the Old City, controlled by Israel since 1967, both Israel and the Palestinian Authority claim sovereignty over the site, which remains a major focal point of the Arab-Israeli conflict.[6] In an attempt to keep the status quo, the Israeli government enforces a controversial ban on prayer by non-Muslim visitors.
Dangerous Roads and Difficult Questions
This week we consider the story of the Good Samaritan. Who were the Samaritans and what was the road from Jerusalem to Jericho like? What are the difficult questions that we are confronted by with this text?
Guide21 - Royal palaces in Jericho. Царские дворцы Ирода в Иерихоне
Параллельно дороге Иерусалим -- Йерихон тянется живописное ущелье вади Кельт, оно было границей между наделами колена Беньямина с севера и Йехуды с юга. Ущелье заканчивается выходом в Иерихонскую долину, где у правящих в Иерусалиме царей были зимние резиденции. Строительство зимних дворцов в Иерихоне начинается в правление сына Шимона Маккавея - Иоханана Гиркана из династии Хасмонеев. После землетрясения 31 года до н.э. пострадавшие дворцы Хасмонеев были засыпаны по приказу Ирода Великого. На них, как на фундаменте, Ирод строит свои дворцы, показывая этим, кто настоящий хозяин в стране.