
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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