Today’s blog will be told in pictures and captions (the part people really want to see anyway, I know), as the Campbell Divinity School 2015 Bible Lands Study Tour ventured south to the Dead Sea …
![We heard the story of how more than 900 Jews committed suicide rather than be captured by the Romans.](https://www.nurturingfaith.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/MasadaShade-300x200.jpg)
We heard the story of how more than 900 Jews committed suicide rather than be captured by the Romans. . .
![Masada](https://www.nurturingfaith.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Masada-300x200.jpg)
The day began in Masada, the desert fortress of Herod the Great and site of the Zealots’ last stand in 73 CE.
![At Ein Gedi we Chris Allen challenged us to think about how David reached the decision to spare King Saul at that site ...](https://www.nurturingfaith.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/EinGedi-Chris-300x200.jpg)
At Ein Gedi Chris Allen challenged us to think about how David reached the decision to spare King Saul at that site …
![And those who ventured to the high falls enjoyed a downhill trek with the amazing blue of the Dead Sea and the gray Mountains of Moab beyond.](https://www.nurturingfaith.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/EinGedi-Return-226x300.jpg)
And those who ventured to the high falls enjoyed a downhill trek with the amazing blue of the Dead Sea and the gray Mountains of Moab beyond.
![At St. George's Monastery on the Old Jericho Road we encountered high pressure Bedouin sales tactics ...](https://www.nurturingfaith.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/StGeorges-300x200.jpg)
At St. George’s Monastery on the Old Jericho Road we encountered high pressure Bedouin sales tactics …
Some of us ventured to Ben Yehuda Street for some evening end-of-Sabbath fun, where we encountered a Korean tour group singing Christian praise songs in Hebrew.
Only in Israel.
[Many thanks to Susan Cartledge for most of today’s pictures, as well as a number from earlier in the week!]