Trip to the Holy Land
Urshan Graduate School of Theology and the UPCI General Sunday School Division
are working together to offer an exciting tour and course in Israel.
“Following
John’s Gospel in the Holy Land” 
October 25-November 1, 2010
The course will concentrate on the Apostle
John’s distinctive theological perspectives.
We will discuss the Fourth Gospel’s Christology, background,
geographical interest, structure, and narrative logic. We will also consider how the Gospel would
have been originally performed by a skilled lector before an Ephesian audience
gathered in a house church setting.
Team-taught by:
David Bernard, UPCI General Superintendent & UGST President
Jeff Brickle, UGST Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies
Many ancient sites associated with Jesus and his
disciples will be explored:
- Sea of Galilee
- Tiberius
- Capernaum
- Tabgha
- Caesarea Philippi
- Nazareth
- Cana
| - Caesarea by the Sea
- Bethlehem
- Jerusalem (including the Upper Room, Temple
Mount, Temple Institute, Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Pool of
Bethesda, and the Via Dolorosa)
- Optional Excursion: to Jericho, the
Dead Sea, and Masada.
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Students should first register for the course and then the Holy Land tour.
1. The program fee for “Following John’s Gospel” is $250
whether you take the course for three graduate credits (interested students may need to meet some admission requirements) or for audit. For further information on the UGST course, please
contact Jeff Brickle (jbrickle@ugst.org). To register for the course, please contact Gayle
Yoder (gyoder@ugst.org). UGST’s phone number is 314-921-9290.
2. To register for the Holy Land
tour, please contact Lana Farnell (lfarnell@upci.org)
at the UPCI General Sunday School Division (314-837-7300, x-362 or 358). Please indicate that you learned of this tour through UGST (even if you do not choose to participate in the course). Further details, including a downloadable informational
brochure and registration form, are also available at http://www.sundayschooldivision.org/CorePage.asp?CPID=1580.
The course will concentrate on the Apostle
John’s distinctive theological perspectives.
We will discuss the Fourth Gospel’s Christology, background,
geographical interest, structure, and narrative logic. We will also consider how the Gospel would
have been originally performed by a skilled lector before an Ephesian audience
gathered in a house church setting.
