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Discover the Land of the Bible Anew
at Israel Nature and Parks Authority Sites

T h e B i b l e i n n a t u r e

Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
enesis 2:15 tells us that God put Adam history and Scripture as well as your group’s close to Nazareth. What did it truly mean to
in the Garden of Eden “to work it and spirit of togetherness. be a builder? You’ll find out when you join
take care of it.” In the Holy Land, the “Touching Time” – conserving the “Wall of the
men and women of the Israel Nature and Touching Time Generations” under the guidance of an expert
GParks Authority spend every workday Zippori National Park conservator.
fostering its precious biblical and natural Pilgrims have long revered Zippori, also called
sites. And now, through six innovative new Sepphoris, as the birthplace of Mary. Some Bet She'an National Park
programs, you’ll enjoy hands-on experiences scholars say that Jesus and Joseph may The biblical city of Beit She'an (1 Sam. 31:10–
that will build both your understanding of have been among the builders of this city so 12) eventually joined the ten Greco-Roman

Herod's palace in Caesarea National Park.
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Photo: Idan Yitzchakian