Today our band of pilgrims traveled to the Dead Sea region to experience the rugged wilderness. We began at the site of Qirbet Qumran, home to an Essene monastic community during the Second Temple period, where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered in 1947.
We then explored the ruins of ancient Jericho before enjoying lunch in the modern oasis city.
Jericho is the world’s oldest inhabited city, with over 10,000 years of continuous habitation by Canaanites, Jews, Muslims, and Christians. It is the site of ancient Christian monasteries and the traditional Mount of Temptation (Matt 4:8-9).
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