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Emmaus is the village named in Luke’s gospel as the place where two disciples met the risen Jesus, with several Ayalon Valley sites proposed as its location. Discussed here as part of a day exploring the Ayalon Valley.

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Israelite gate at Tel Gezer
Centre · Judean Lowlands (Shfela)

The Ayalon Valley

A day in the Ayalon valley between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Gezer's Israelite gate, Mini Israel, the Crusader Toron des Chevalliers and Latrun's silent Trappist monks, ancient Emmaus, the Tombs of the Maccabees and Neot Kedumim.

Apr 2014 · 4 minute read
Israelite gate at Tel Gezer Mini Jerusalem at Mini Israel Inside le Toron des Chevalliers The Trappist Church at Latrun Byzantine period baptistery at ancient Emmaus Second Temple Period tomb in the Ayalon-Canada Park The Tombs of the Maccabees - burial site of Mattisyahu himself? View over the biblical landscape of Neot Keduim
Convent of the Sisters of Bethlehem, Beit Jamal
Centre · Jerusalem

Christianity in the Judean Hills

The final of five field trips on Christian sites: Abu Ghosh, Ein Kerem and Beit Jamal. Crusader churches, the birthplace of John the Baptist and a Salesian monastery on the way home.

Jun 2013 · 5 minute read
Olivier - the wonderful Benedictine monk in Abu Ghosh Church of the Visitation, Ein Kerem Mary's Spring, Ein Kerem Church of St John the Baptist, Ein Kerem Spring at St John in the Desert, Even Sapir Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant, Kiriat Yearim Convent of the Sisters of Bethlehem, Beit Jamal Church of St Stephen, Beit Jamal
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