The tour, approximately mid-November to mid-December, will enable students to become familiar with data associated with the Scriptures – archaeological, geographical, historical, sociological, theological. A unit reader will be made available before departure. The tour includes selected sites in Israel, Jordan, Turkey and Greece. Meetings prior to departure will clarify individual assessment. The written components of assessment are to be submitted by the Easter recess of the following year.

Participants in the study tour enrol in two 15 point units of Biblical Studies at second or third level (for credit) or as audit students.

Prerequisites:

• second level: BS101 and BS102, or equivalent
• third level: two Biblical Studies units at second level

Assessment:

• total assessment for two 15 point units
• second level
  • two x 2,000 word assignments - 45%
  • one 4,000 word journal - 55%
    
• third level
  • two x 2,500 word assignments - 45%
  • one 4,000 word journal - 55%

Bibliography:

• Biblical Archaeology Review
• Aharoni, Yohanan. The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography. Translated and edited by A. F. Rainey. London: Burns & Oates, 1966.
• Avi-Yonah, Michael. The Holy Land, from the Persian to the Arab Conquest (536BC-AD640): A Historical Geography. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1977.
• Bimson, John J., ed. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Bible Places: Towns and Cities, Countries and States, Archaeology and Topography. Leicester: InterVarsity, 1995.
• Finegan, Jack. The Archeology of the New Testament: The Life of Jesus and the Beginning of the Early Church. Rev. ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992.
• Fujita, Neil S. A Crack in the Jar: What Ancient Jewish Documents Tell Us about the New Testament. New York: Paulist, 1986.
• Hoppe, Leslie J. What Are They Saying About Biblical Archaeology? New York: Paulist, 1984.
• Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. The Holy Land. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Thomas, David. W., ed. Archaeology and Old Testament Study: Jubilee Volume of the Society for Old Testament Study 1917–1967. Oxford: Clarendon, 1967.

	2008 Study Tour of the Biblical Lands flyer to print (pdf)
	2008 Study Tour of the Biblical Lands Itinerary to print (pdf)