Bible Lands

The Bible Lands program is an educational travel experience that is open to learners of all ages. Our goal is to offer a rich learning experience that will fill your imagination with visions of the past by providing a geographical and historical context for the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. This can be a complicated affair, since the Bible spans several thousand years and just as many miles - from Italy to Iran, Turkey to Ethiopia, and everywhere in between.

While participants will not visit all of the lands mentioned in the Bible during one trip - just imagine how long that would take! - the program offers travel opportunities to many biblically-significant sites and historical locations in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Past programs have included visits to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, and Italy. Participants who join one of our programs will visit some of the most significant sites recorded in the Bible.

Western Wall

Upcoming BIBLE LANDS PROGRAMS

January 2023: Israel, Palestine, Jordan

Monday, January 2 - Friday, January 13

May 2023: Israel and Palestine

Dates TBD

March 2024: Turkey (Seven Churches of Asia)

Dates TBD

Josh Barber, B.A., M.A.
 Office of International Education

Joy Simon McDaniel House, Room 4
 731-989-6174
 jbarber@fhu.edu

Mark Blackwelder, B.A., M.Min, Ph.D
 Dean of the College of Biblical Studies

GC 108E
 731-989-6624
 mblackwelder@fhu.edu

January 2023: Israel, Palestine, Jordan

Click here to download the informational brochure for the January 2023 Bible Lands programs.

Monday, January 3 – Depart U.S. for Amman, Jordan

Tuesday, January 4 – Arrive in Amman; Jerash, Mount Nebo; transfer to Petra
Overnight in Petra

Wednesday, January 5 – Petra
Overnight in Petra

Thursday, January 6 – Transfer to Israel; Nevev
Overnight in Negev

Friday, January 7 – Ein Gedi, Qumran, Tel Jericho, Jordan River baptismal site
Overnight at Sea of Galilee

Saturday, January 8 – Yigal Alon Museum, boat ride on Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Mount of Beatitudes
Overnight at Sea of Galilee

Sunday, January 9 – Worship with Nazareth Church of Christ, Tel Dan, Banias/Caesarea Philippi
Overnight in Nazareth

Monday, January 10 – Bethlehem, Israel Museum (Shrine of the Book, Model of Jerusalem), Garden Tomb
Overnight in Jerusalem

Tuesday, January 11 – Jerusalem: Temple Mount, Western Wall, City of David (Hezekiah’s Tunnel, Pool of Siloam), Church of the Holy Sepulcher, free time in the Old City
Overnight in Jerusalem

Wednesday, January 12 – Jerusalem: Mount of Olives observatory, descend the Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane
Overnight in Jerusalem

Thursday, January 13 – Caesarea Maritima, Mount Carmel, Megiddo
Overnight in Jerusalem

Friday, January 14 – Transfer to Tel Aviv for flight back to U.S.