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Israel 2023

A message from our travel company: Educational Opportunities Tours

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Join us for the trip of a lifetime, a pilgrimage every devout believer must take, a journey to the most spiritual and historical place in the world, Israel in 2023.

Third Space will be sponsoring a group tour to Israel for nine days, January 7-15, 2023 with an optional add-on tour to Petra (considered one of the Seven new Wonders of the World). This is coordinated through the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies and our tour instructor will be Dr. Mark Ziese, Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist.

• 9 days in Israel, Jan. 7-15, 2023
• Cost: $3560 per person for a double-occupancy room; (single room supplement = $668)
  
• There is now a Ground-Only option for $2462 which includes everything except the round-trip air travel.
• Includes land, air, all-inclusive from NY/NJ
• Optional Post-tour Extension to Petra in Jordan, $868
• Full-time, active ministers will be partially subsidized by Third Space
• Registration and final FINAL deadline: Oct. 24, 2022 (full payment due).
  
• For further details, color brochure and online registration, click on this link.
• Proof of vaccination is no longer required in Israel.
• Passport must be valid at least six months after the trip.

Meet Our Tour Instructor Videos

We had a great Zoom meeting with our tour instructor and guide, Dr. Mark Ziese on September 7th. Below are some short edited video clips from the Zoom meeting.

Dr. Ziese is a professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and biblical archaeologist. He recently retired as Dean of the School of Bible and Theology at Johnson University. He continues to teach at Johnson as well as with the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies. Mark has participated in archaeological fieldwork in the Middle East for over thirty years and is a Fellow of the Albright Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem. He has led and taught many tours for JCBS over the years and is the ideal guide for our group. Learn more about Dr. Ziese at www.markziese.com.

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Introducing Mark Ziese (3:16 min.)

How Archaeology Helps Us Understand the Bible (6:04 min.)

Q&A: Is it Safe in Israel?  (3:08 min.)