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13–Day Tour — Exploring Biblical Israel from Dan to Beersheba Oct 2024

Greetings!  From October 15 to 27, 2024 Mary and I will be leading a 13-day trip to Israel during which time we will Explore Biblical Israel from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.

This trip not only includes Jerusalem, sites associated with the ministry of Jesus around the Sea of Galilee, and Hazor, Dan, and Caesarea Philippi in the north, but also some not-so-frequently visited places such as Arad, Beersheba, Lachish (second most important Judean city after Jerusalem), Azekah (David and Goliath), Beth Shemesh (Samson), Shiloh (Tabernacle and Ark of Covenant), Mount Gerizim (Samaritan Temple), and Samaria (capital city of Ahab and Jezebel and others).

I will be giving mini-lectures along the way both on the bus and on the sites, drawing from my studies. I have spent 16 years of my adult life living in, and guiding, academic groups in Israel, Jordan, Greece, and Turkey (including living, teaching, and guiding in Jerusalem for 7 years).

Tour Dates and Cost:  October 15–27, 2024.  Cost: $4,990 per person in Double Occupancy; add $1,365 Single Room supplement; Includes airfare from New York to TLV and return. 

For an Itinerary and additional information contact us soon (2foot.steps.tours+HLPExplorI@gmail.com).

You are invited to join us!

Carl and Mary Rasmussen


I am a Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota.  I received my Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Dropsie University.  Currently, I am an adjunct professor at the Jerusalem University College in Jerusalem and Bethel University in St. Paul, MN and have served as a consultant for a publisher and several media organizations.

Zondervan has published a new, updated version of my Zondervan Atlas of the Bible.  Lavishly illustrated, the new version has been updated in every way including new maps, pictures, graphics and updated text.   In addition, Zondervan has published my Zondervan Essential Atlas of the Bible.  I also maintain the website www.HolylandPhotos.org which features over 6,400 free, high quality and high-resolution images of Israel, Turkey, Greece, Jordan, and Italy.