Here are some pictures of a walk we took in the Old City of Jerusalem today. It was an incredible experience but EXTREMELY tiring. I think the rest of the semester is going to be the same. Bill Shlegel is an awesome professor. He has lived here in Israel for more than 24 years and knows the land and the Bible incredibly well. Some of the thins we saw today on our walk were the Jaffa gate, the Citadel of David (which has nothing to do with David. It was built by Herod the Great!), the only protestant church in the old (walled) city, the church of the holy sepulcher, Via dolorosa, Damascus gate, and the pools of Bethesda. We also walked around the ramparts of the city wall from the Damascus gate (in the middle of the north side of the city) to St. Steven's gate (the middle of the eastern side of the city). I wrote a much more detailed report than this in a summary paper for class. I will try to post that or at least some of it in the near future.
This is a view of the entire old city from the top of the Citadel.
The courtyard and tower of the Citadel of David
My roommate Jeremy being mighty on the top of the citadel
The Israeli flag flying next to the citadel flag
Inside the church of the holy sepulcher. There's actually a man kneeling underneath the table in the middle. Supposedly, this is where the cross of Christ stood on Calvary.
Bill teaching us by candlight in the church of the holy sepulcher
Me standing on the ramparts of the wall looking over the Mount of Olives
Ceiling inside Saint Anne's Church
Looking up from the basement of Saint Anne's Church at the pools of Bethesda
The pools of Bethesda... or what's left of them.
Bill teaching us in the middle of the street along Via Dolorosa
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My favorite was the city of david! Did you sit in the upper room? By the way, you blog will be announced during church at Neenach, so keep updating!
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