Saturday, May 2, 2009

The Plan: Itinerary and Syllabus

I am beginning my time away visiting my classmate, Alejandro Crosswaite-Martinez in Rome. He teaches at the Dominican University in Rome (the Angelicum) and we have not see each other in several years.
Once in Jerusalem, my studies will have two components: textual studies and site visits. Below is the syllabus of both our studies and travels during June and July. It will be part studies, part retreat, and part pilgrimage.

June 1 Depart Tucson (Travel Via Phoenix and Philadelphia on US Airways)
June 2 Arrive in Rome
June 2-10 R&R in Rome
June 10 Travel from Rome to Tel Avia via El Al and to Jerusalem via car

June 11 Site Visits: Holy Sepulchre, Mauristan, Walls (EBAF)*

June 12 Site Visits: Western Wall Tunnel, Davidson (EBAF)

June 13-14 Weekend Free (EBAF)

June 15 John the Baptist (cf. Josephus, Ant. XVIII.116-119) (EBAF)
John the Baptist 13 (Mt 3:1-6; Mk 1:2-6; Lk 3:1-6; Jn 1:19-23)
John’s Preaching 14/15 (Mt 3:7-10; Lk 3:7-14)
John Testifies 16 (Mt 3:11-12; Mk 1:7-8; Lk 3:15-18; Jn 1:24-28)
The Baptism 18 (Mt 3:13-17; Mk 1:9-11; Lk 3:21-22; Jn 1:29-34)
John and Elijah 162 (Mt 17:10-13; Mk 9:11-13)
John and Jesus 106/107 (Mt 11:2-19; Mk 1:2; Lk 7:18-35)
Herod and Jesus 143 (Mt 14:1-2; Mk 6:14-16; Lk 9:7-9)
The Death of John 17/144 (Mt 14:3-12; Mk 6:17-29; Lk 3:19-20)
Fasting Question 45/94 (Mt 9:14-17; Mk 2:18-22; Lk 5:33-39; Jn 3:29-30)
The Question about John’s Baptism 276 (Mt 21:23-27; Mk 11:27-33; Lk 20:1-8; Jn 2:18-22)
The Law until John 54 (cf. 293) (Mt 11:12-13; Lk 16:16-17)
Miscellaneous (Jn 3:23-4:1; Jn 10:40-41; Acts 18:25)

June 16 Exorcisms (EBAF)
Temptations 20 (Mt 4:1-11; Mk 1:2-13; Lk 4:1-13)
The Demoniac in the Synagogue 36 (Mk 1:23-28; 4:33-37)
Healings at Evening 88/38 (Mt 8:16-17; Mk 1:32-34; Lk 4:40-41)
Preaching Tour in Galilee 40 (Mt 4:23; Mk 1:39; Lk 4:4)
Beelzebub Controversy 97/117/188 (Mt 12:22-30; Matthew 9:32-34; Mk 3:22-
27; Lk 11:14-23; Jn 7:20; 10:20; 8:48; 8:52: 6:30)
Sin Against the Holy Spirit 118/197/73/82 (Mat 12:31-37; 7:15-20; Mk 3:28-30;
Lk 12:10; 6:43-45)
Return of Unclean Spirit 120/189 (Mt 12:43-45; Lk 11:24-26)
The Gerasene Demoniac 137/91 (Mt 8:28-34; Mk 5:1-20; Lk 8 26-39)
The Syrophoenician Woman 137/91 (Mt 15:21-28, Mk 7:24-30)
The Possessed Boy 163 (Mt 17:14-21; Mk 9:14-29; Lk 9:37-43)
The Strange Exorcist 167 (Mt 10:42; 12:30; Mk 9:38-41; 9:49-50; 11:23
[cf. Acts 19:11-20])
Miscellaneous (Lk 13:31-33; Mt 11:18; Mk 16:9; Lk 8:2; Lk 22:3; Acts 18:25;
Jn 6:70; 13:2, 27; Jn 8:37-47)

June 17 Site Visits: Bethlehem, Greek Shepherd’s Field, Mar Saba, Herodion (EBAF)

June 18 Healings (EBAF)
John’s Question 106 (Mt 11:2-6; Lk 7:18-23)
The Paralytic 43/92 (Mt 9:1-8; Mk 2:1-12; Lk 5:17-26; Jn 5:1-9)
The Man with the Withered Hand 47/112/298(/214) (Mt 12:9-14; Mk 3:1-6;
Lk 6:6-11; Lk 14:1-6)
The Woman with Osteoporosis 208 (Lk 13:10-17)
The Centurion at Capernaum 85 (Mt 8:5-13; Lk 7:1-10; Jn 4:46-54)
Bartimaeus 264/96 (Mt 9:27-31; Mt 9:27-31; Mk 10:46-52; Lk 18:35-43)
Blind Man at Bethsaida 156 (Mk 8:22-26)
The Man Born Blind 248 (Jn 9:1-41)
The Leper 42/84 (Mt 8:1-4; Mk 1:40-45; Lk 5:12-16)
The Ten Lepers 233 (Lk 17:11-19)
Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman with a Hemorrhage 138/95 (Mt 9:18-26;
Mk 5:21-43; Lk 8:40-56)
Peter’s Mother-in-law 37/87 (Mt 8:14-15; Mk 5:21-43; Lk 4:38-39)
The Deaf-Mute and Many Ill People 152 (Mt 15:29-31; Mk 7:31-37)
The Widow’s Son of Nain 86 (Lk 7:11-17)
The Raising of Lazarus 259/228 (Lk 16:19-31; Jn 11:1-45)
The Ear of the High Priest’s Slave (Lk 22:51)

June 19 Site Visits: Abu Ghosh, Ein Kerem, Latrun, Nabi Samwil (EBAF)

June 20-21 Weekend Free (EBAF)

June 22 Feedings and Table Fellowship (EBAF)
The Five Thousand 146 (Mt 14:13-21; Mk 6:32-44; Lk 9:10-17; Jn 6:1-15)
The Four Thousand 153 (Mt 15:32-39; Mk 8:1-10)
Cana 22 (John 2:1-11)
Draught of Fish 41/34 (Lk 5:1-11; Jn 21:1-19)
Call of Levi 44/93 (Mt 9:9-13; Mk 2:13-17; Lk 5:27-32; Lk 19:1-10)
Bethany 267/306 (Mt 26:6-13; Mk 14:3-9; Lk 7:36-50; Jn 12:1-8)
Zacchaeus 265 (Lk 19:1-10)
John and Jesus 106/107 (Mt 11:2-19; Mk 1:2; Lk 7:18-35)
Last Supper 311 (Mt 26:26-29; Mk 14:15-25; Lk 22:15-20; Jn 6:51-59)

June 23 Commissions (EBAF)
The First Disciples 34/41 (Mt 4:18-22; Mk 1:16-20; Lk 5:1-11; Jn 1:35-51)
The Twelve-call 49/99 (Mt 10:1-15; Mk 3:13-19; Lk 6:12-16; Acts 1:13)
The Twelve-mission 99/142 (Mt 10:1-15; Mk 6:6-13; Lk 9:1-6)
The Seventy 177/180 (Mt 9:37-38; 10:7-16; 11:20-24; 10:40; Lk 10:1-12-20;
Jn 4:38; 13:20: 12:31)
Sons of Zebedee 263 (Mt 20:20-28; Mark 20:35-45; Lk 12:50; 22:24-27;
Jn 13:4-5, 12-17)

June 24 Epiphanies (EBAF)
Walking on the Water 147 (Mt 14:22-33; Mk 6:45-52; Jn 6:16-21)
Stilling the Storm 136 (Mt 8:23-27; Mk 4:35-41; Lk 8:22-25)
Transfiguration (2 Pt 1:16-18) 161 (Mt 17:1-9; Mk 9:2-10; Lk 9:28-36)
The Temple Tax 165 (Mt 17:24-27)
Cursing the Fig Tree 272/275/207 (Mt 21:18-27; Mark 11:12-14, 20-33;
Lk 13:6-9; 20:1-8; Jn 14:13-14; 15:7; 16:23 2:18-22)
Peter’s Confession 158 (Mt 16:13-20; Mk 8:27-30; Lk 9:18-21; Jn 6:67-71)

June 25 Site Visits: Caesarea Maritima, Mount Carmel (Haifa)

June 26 Site Visits: Acre (Haifa)

June 27 Site Visit: Mount Gerizim (EBAF)

June 28-29 Weekend Free (EBAF)

June 30 Site Visit: Bethany, Bethphage, Mount of Olives (EBAF)

July 1 The Triumphal Entry, Temple Incident, Apocalypse (EBAF)
Mt 21:1-22:46; Mk 11:1- 12:37; Lk 19:28-20:44
Mt 24:1-36; Mk 13:1-32; Lk 21:1-33


July 2 Bethany, Last Supper, Gethsemane (EBAF)
Mt 26:1-56; Mk 14:1-52; Lk 22:1-53

July 3 Denials and Trials (EBAF)
Mt 26:57-27:26; Mk 14:53-15:15; Lk 22:54-23:25

July 4-5 Weekend Free (EBAF)

July 6 Site Visits: Mamre, Hebron, Arad, Beer Sheva (Ein Boqeq)

July 7 Site Visit: Masada, Ein Gedi (EBAF)

July 8 Johannine Passion (EBAF)
Jn 11:55-19:16

July 9 Death, Burial, Resurrection (EBAF)
Mt 27:27-28:20; Mk 15:16-16:8; Lk 23:26-24:43 Jn 19:16-20:29

July 10 Controversies (EBAF)
Antitheses 54-59 (Mt 5:17-48; 19:3-12; Mk 11:25; 9:43-38; 10:2-12;
Lk 16:16-18; 12:57-59; 6:27-361 Co 7:10-16)
The Temple Tax 165 (Mt 17:24-27)
Nicodemus 27 (Mt 22:16; 18:3; Mk 12:13-14; 10:15; Lk 20:20-21; 18:17;
Jn 3:1-21)
Washings 29 (Mt 9:15; Mk 2:19-20; Lk 5:34-35; Jn 3:23-36)
Defilement 150 (Mt 15:1-20; Mk 7:1-23; Lk 11:37-41)
Washing Hands 194 (Mt 15:1-9; 23:25-26, 23, 6-7, 27-28, 4, 29-6, 13, 15;
Mk 7:1-9; Lk 11:37-54)
The Man with the Withered Hand 47/112/298 (Mt 12:9-14; Mk 3:1-6;
Lk 6:6-11; Lk 14:1-6)
The Woman with Osteoporosis 208 (Lk 13:10-17)
Plucking Grain 46/111 (Mt 12:1-8; Mk 2:23-28; Lk 6:1-5)
Bethesda 141 (Jn 5:2-47)
Sukkoth 240 (Jn 7:14-39)
The Man Born Blind 248 (Jn 9:1-41)
Sign of Jonah 119/191/154 (Mt 12:38-42; Mt 16:1-4; Mk 8:11-12;
Lk 11:16, 29-32; 12:54-56; Jn 6:30)
Seeking a Sign 154 (Mt 16:1-4; Mt 12:38-39; Mk 8:11-13;
Lk 11:16; 12:54-56; 11:29; Jn 6:30)
Fire Upon the Earth 204/102 (Mt 10:34-36; Mk 10:38; lk 12:49-53)
Leaven 155 (Mt 16:5-12; Mk 8:14-21; Lk 12:1)

July 11-12 Weekend Free (EBAF)

July 13 Site Visit: Jericho (Jericho)

July 14 Site Visits: Belvoir, Beth Alpha, Beth Shean (Tabgha)

July 15 Site Visits: Nazareth, Sepphoris, Horns of Hattin (Tiberias)

July 16 Blessings and Curses (Tabgha)
The Beatitudes 51/78/79 (Mt 5:3-12; Lk 6:20-26)
Galilean Woes 108/178 (Mt 11:20-24; Lk 10:12-15)
Jesus’ Mother 190 (Lk 11:27-28)
Children 253/254 (Mt 19:13-22; Mk 10:13-22; Lk 18:15-23; Jn 2:3-5)
Jerusalem 213 (Mt 23:37-39; Lk 13:34-35)
Woes 284 (Mt 23:1-36; Mk 12:37-40; Lk 20:45-47)

July 17 Site Visit: Tabgha, Capharnaum, Mount of Beatitudes (Tabgha)

July 18-19 Weekend Free (Tabgha)

July 20 Parables (Tabgha)
Salt of the Earth 52/218 (Mt 5:13; Mk 9:49-50; Lk 14:34-35)
Light of the World 53/125/192 (Mt 5:14-16; Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16; Lk 11:33;
Jn 8:12)
The Sower 122/123 (Mt 13:1-23; Mk 4:1-20; Lk 8:4-15; Jn 9:39; Jn 12:37-40)
Mustard Seed 128/209 (Mt 13:31-32; Mk 4:30-32; Lk 13:18-19)
Wicked Tenants 278 (Mt 21:33-46; Mk 12:1-12; Lk 20:9-19)
New Cloth and Wineskins (Mt 9:16-17; Mk 2:21-22; Lk 5:36-38)
The Shut Door 298 (Mt 25:1-13; Mk 13:33-37; Lk 12:35-38; 13:22-30)

July 21 Site Visits: Bethsaida, Caesarea Philippi, Dan (Tabgha)

July 22 Parables (Tabgha)
House Built on Rock 75/83 (Mt 8:21-27; Lk 6:46-49)
Leaven 129/210 (cf 128/209) (Mt 13:33; Lk 13:20-21)
Lost Sheep 169/219/249 (Mt 18:10-14; Lk 15:1-7; Jn 10:1-18)
Great Supper 216/279 (Mt 22:1-14; Lk 14:15-24)
Unforgiving Steward 173/222 (Mt 18: 23-35; Lk 16:1-9)
Pounds/Talents 266/299 (Mt 25:14-30; Mk 13:34; Lk 19:11-27)
“As in the days of Noah” 296 (Mt 24:37-44; Lk 17:26-36; 12:35-40)
Two Slaves 297 (Mt 24:45-51; Lk 12:41-46)

July 23 Site Visits: Hamat Gader, Golan (Tabgha)

July 24 Parables (Tabgha)
Seed Growing Secretly (Mk 4:26-29)
Tares (Mt 13:24-30; 36-43)
Hidden Treaure/Pearl/Dragnet/Scribe (Mt 13:44-52)
Laborers in the Vineyard (Mt 20:1-16)
Two Sons (Mt 21:28-32)
Sheep and Goats (Mt 25:31-46)
The Scribe (Mt 13:53)
Good Samaritan (Lk 10:29-37)
Rich Fool (Lk 12:16-21)
Lost Coin (Lk 15:8-10)
Prodigal Son (Lk 15:11-32)
Fig Tree (Lk 13:1-9)
Dives and Lazarus (Lk 16:19-31)
Importunate Widow (Lk 18:1-8)
Friend at Midnight (Lk 11:5-8)
Pharisee and Publican (Lk 18:9-14)
Building a Tower (Lk 14:25-35
Unworthy Servants (Lk 17:7-10)
Two Debtors (Lk 7:41-43)

July 25 Site Visits: Mount Tabor, Megiddo (EBAF)

July 26 Sunday Free (EBAF)

July 27 Infancy Narratives (cf. Protevangelium of James) (EBAF)
Genealogy 6 (Mt 1:2-17; Lk 3:23-38)
Annunciation 2/3 (Lk 1:26-38; Lk 1:5-25)
Visitation 4 (Lk 1:39-56)
Births 5/7 (Mt 1:18-25; Lk 2:1-7; Lk 1:57-80)
The Child Adored 8 (Mt 2:1-12; Lk 2:8-20; Jn 7:41-42)
Nazareth 11 (Mt 2:22-23; Lk 2:39-38
Whence the Christ? 241 (Jn 7:40-52)

July 28-29 Free Days (EBAF)

July 30 Departure and Travel home (via Philadelphia and Phoenix on US Airways)

July 31 Arrive in Tucson

*(The parenthetical references following each date in Jerusalem refer to where we will stay that night. EBAF=Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise or French Bible and Archeology School)

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