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– STUDY GUIDE –
In the Footsteps of A Wandering Galilean:
Putting Jesus in the Land Called Holy in Life and Death
From the Desert to the Galilee
“He went about doing good in Galilee…”
Session One, February 15
The Land Shapes the Man: Hills, Mountains, a Sea, and Fertile Plains- The ‘Thorny’ Landscape of Upper and Lower Galilee (and a bit of historical background on the interest in Jesus and the Land)
Session Two, February 22
Man Shapes the Land: Hasmonean and Herodian Impact on the Landscape
Session Three, March 1
A Jewish Galilee? Jesus at Home in the Villages of Galilee
Session Four, March 8
Contested Space: Jesus’s Conflicts in Households and Clashes with Empire
From Galilee to Jerusalem:
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem how often would I have gathered your children…”
Session Five, March 15
Jesus and Jerusalem
Session Six, March 22
Jesus Amidst the Landscape of Death and Desolation
Session Seven, March 29
A Resurrected Presence: Christian Pilgrims Reclaim the Land