The summer course of biblical  geography and archaeology in Jerusalem is now underway…. a full month of lessons, meetings and visits allowing students of biblical theology from Italian universities to acquire a hands-on experience of learning in the land of the Bible. The study comprises two areas: the study of Biblical Hebrew, and Biblical geography and archaeology. The courses, organized by the Franciscan Biblical Study in collaboration with the Departments of Theology from Milan, Lugano, the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Angelicum in Rome, have 35 participants, including 4 professors and 20 graduate students from 12 different countries. One of those graduate students is Yosvany Carvajal, a Biblical Theology expert from Cuba: "We expect to get the most out of all the resources here, -- and in particular the Franciscan school which has a great knowledge of archaeology and very profound knowledge of the holy sites -  to increase to the maximum of all that is here. We want to take the greatest advantage of all this knowledge in order to be able to teach it in our countries."A main characteristic of the courses is to have teachers from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds - among them, Israeli Jews, religious and laity of the leading universities in the country,  Christian teachers, Franciscans and Dominicans and a Muslim archaeologist."We want to help young people grow, give them an example of sincere cooperation and friendship between Jews and Christians. We often speak of the Holocaust as something to remember, as something which must not be repeated, but in my opinion, education cannot pass only through memory of the past, but it must be open to the future. It is necessary to show people how, and help them grow in making a sincere experience of friendship. That is why the idea has been greatly appreciated."

The summer course of biblical  geography and archaeology in Jerusalem is now underway…. a full month of lessons, meetings and visits allowing students of biblical theology from Italian universities...leggi tutto