{"id":848,"date":"2011-07-18T00:02:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T04:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=839"},"modified":"2011-07-18T00:02:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T04:02:19","slug":"blogging-israel-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/07\/blogging-israel-round-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Israel Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>For those friends and family who missed my series of posts about my trip to Israel while I was there, here\u2019s a round-up of the posts from the trip:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2011\/07\/wpid-Photo-Jun-27-2011-818-AM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2011\/07\/wpid-Photo-Jun-27-2011-818-AM.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"182\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/23\/tel-aviv\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Tel Aviv<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to Bethlehem and Hebron\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/23\/from-tel-aviv-to-jerusalem-to-bethlehem-and-hebron\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to Bethlehem and Hebron<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to The Old City of Jerusalem\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/24\/the-old-city-of-jerusalem\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Old City of Jerusalem<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Quote of the Day (Jerome Murphy-O\u2019Connor)\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/25\/quote-of-the-day-jerome-murphy-oconnor\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Quote of the Day (Jerome Murphy-O\u2019Connor)<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to The Dead Sea\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/25\/the-dead-sea\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Dead Sea<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Last Full Day in Jerusalem\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/26\/last-full-day-in-jerusalem\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Last Full Day in Jerusalem<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to On the Holiness of the Temple Mount\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/26\/on-the-holiness-of-the-temple-mount\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">On the Holiness of the Temple Mount<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to To Galilee by way of Armageddon\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/27\/to-galilee-by-way-of-armageddon\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">To Galilee by way of Armageddon<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Galilee vs. Jerusalem\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/28\/galilee-vs-jerusalem\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Galilee vs. Jerusalem<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Blessed are Those who do not Vandalize Ancient Tombs\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/28\/blessed-are-those-who-do-not-vandalize-ancient-tombs-2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Blessed are Those who do not Vandalize Ancient Tombs<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Archaeological Puzzles: Can You Identify These Objects?\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/28\/archaeological-puzzles-can-you-identify-these-objects\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Archaeological Puzzles: Can You Identify These Objects?<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Where Jesus May Have Walked\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/30\/where-jesus-may-have-walked\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Where Jesus May Have Walked<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Hitting Your Head Means You\u2019re A Sinner\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/30\/hitting-your-head-means-youre-a-sinner\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hitting Your Head Means You\u2019re A Sinner<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Blogging Israel with an iPad\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/06\/30\/blogging-israel-with-an-ipad\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Blogging Israel with an iPad<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Ben Gurion Airport\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/07\/01\/ben-gurion-airport\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Gurion Airport<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Review of Jerusalem Testament\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/07\/08\/review-of-jerusalem-testament\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Review of Jerusalem Testament<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And for those who may be interested, here are a few from\/about my time in London:<br><a title=\"Permanent Link to International Society of Biblical Literature Conference \u2013 Day One\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/07\/05\/international-society-of-biblical-literature-conference-day-one\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">International Society of Biblical Literature Conference \u2013 Day One<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Drafts of My Article on Monotheism\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/07\/06\/drafts-of-my-article-on-monotheism\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Drafts of My Article on Monotheism<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to Ken Brown on the SBL International Monotheism Sessions\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/07\/07\/ken-brown-on-the-sbl-international-monotheism-sessions\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Brown on the SBL International Monotheism Sessions<\/a><br><a title=\"Permanent Link to The Doctor Who Experience\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/07\/11\/the-doctor-who-experience\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Doctor Who Experience<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those friends and family who missed my series of posts about my trip to Israel while I was there, here\u2019s a round-up of the posts from the trip: Tel AvivFrom Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to Bethlehem and HebronThe Old City of JerusalemQuote of the Day (Jerome Murphy-O\u2019Connor)The Dead SeaLast Full Day in JerusalemOn the 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