6-week 1st year Hebrew class, (click for larger view)

Text & Land Hebrew class, (click for larger view)

Starting the day w/ the Sh'ma and prayers in Hebrew

Hebraic Singing and Dancing

An exceptionally nice buffet lunch

Reading a Bible passage in Hebrew in the amphitheater

Reading the story of David and Goliath at Azekah

Acting out David's army chasing the Philistines

Bedouin shepherds with their flocks - a common sight

Our class in hardhats to explore the Beersheba cistern

Crawling through fences to visit Tel Ziklag

Hiking up Ziklag, where King David once lived

Reading about David living w/ the Philistines at Ziklag

In a market in the Old City of Jerusalem

Reading Psalm 121 on the South Temple staircase

Modesty inspection at the Western Wall, need a skirt

Walking down Warren's Shaft - under Jerusalem

View near the Cave of Adullam

Lois Tverberg in the Judean Desert

An Arab man demonstrating how to put on a head dress

Joni Buth with his new friend, Ibraham

Lois and Mary at En-Gedi

A break from study — floating in/on the Dead Sea

Brian Kvasnica teaching in the 114°F sun at Qumran

Biblical Gardens at YHS

Beautiful nightly sunset outside our rooms at YHS

Dr. Buth teaching on Ahab's Throne at Tel Dan

Decsent into the tunnel at Megido

Cooling off in the Sea of Galilee at Ein Gev

Sunset over the Sea of Galilee