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Come and join us for the class of a lifetime!

The trip to the Holy Land has inspired thousands of visitors over the years. It will inspire you as you walk where Jesus walked. It will be the most unforgettable course of your lifetime. You will have the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Jesus and His first century disciples. As His twenty-first century disciples, you will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see first hand all the places you have read about in your Bible. After your trip, reading the Bible will never be the same. It will remind you of the place you have seen personally. The course will be lead and taught by the Bible & Religion professors of Montreat College. Come and go with us to this unique land. Come and see the places you have read about in the Bible: places like where He was born in Bethlehem, or where He fed the five thousand in the Galilee, or where He stilled the storm on the Sea of Galilee, as you experience your own boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Come with us and see where the walls of Jericho came tumbling down, or the lowest point on the earth, the Dead Sea, the Upper Room, Calvary, the Empty Tomb, the Garden of Gethsemane, where Abraham offered up Isaac, and of course, the Eastern Gate. We will also have a day in Jordan at Petra and even swim in the Red Sea which was parted for the escape of the Israelites. We hope you will come and join us. It will be an unforgettable trip of a lifetime!
Sincerely,
Montreat College and the Bible and Religion Department
Don Shepson, M. Div., PhD candidate Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

More information can be found in the brochure.
BB 351 - Biblical Studies Abroad (Israel) – Don Shepson
 
2006 – 2007 Course Catalogue Description: Selected biblical topics or books – authors, historical developments, theological themes, and missionary movements – with emphasis on their geographical and cultural settings associated with the biblical literature. Residence abroad.
 
Specifically, this course will be a pilgrimage to Israel to see first hand the Biblical geography, culture and traditional sites. We will note and observe various historical and Biblical archeology and architecture, geographical and regional emphasis, and cultural and political challenges. The class participants will walk where the Biblical Israel, prophets, kings, apostles and Jesus walked!
 
Course Dates:              Registration Deadline: March 23rd - $300 non-refundable trip fee due
Class 1:            January 30th, 7 PM, location TBD
-information meeting, hand out syllabus, answer questions
                                    Class 2:            February 27th, 7 PM, location TBD
                                    Class 3:            March 27th, 7 PM, location TBD
                                    Payment Due in Full on March 30, 2007
                                    Class 4:            April 24th, 7 PM, location TBD
                                    Class 5:            May 16th, 1 PM, location TBD
                                    Departure:       May 17th, 8 AM loading vans to airport
                                    Return:                        May 30th, 5 PM – farewells!
 
Costs Breakdown:      Required Costs:
$2698 - airfare, logistics in Israel, housing and all meals except lunch
                                    $300 - nonrefundable registration fee (due by Jan 16, 2007)
                                    $216 - instructional fee ($200 instruction + $16 FICA)
                                    $100 - roundtrip van transportation between Montreat College & Atlanta
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
$102 - mandatory trip insurance
$102, age 34 years old and under
                        $124, ages 35-60
                        $163, ages 61-70         (insurance brochure coming)
 
                                    $ 3416 + any of the following costs which apply
+ lunch & spending money
 
                                    Additional Possible Costs:
                                    $100/credit hour over full load tuition (18 credits)
$480/credit for part-time students (less than 9 credit hours/semester as per
            p. 28 in the Montreat College Academic Handbook) = $1440 for
            the 3 credit course
$32 - The Holy Land (Text)
                                    $20 - Biblical Holy Places (Text)
                                    $15 - application fee for non-current Montreat College students
                                    $100 - audit fee for non-current Montreat College students
                                    $97 - first time passport fees

Written By: Sharon Jehlen
Posted By: Tom McMurtry
Date Posted: 3/9/2007
Number of Views: 2046

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