Sunday, the campus cleared out heading north for Campus appreciation day. The long track up to the Bethsaida wadi, proved to be a useful sleep-catcher for most students. Once at Majrasa, we were told (most probably because they were told) that we needed a good 3 hours at the site. Everyone was able to walk up and down the Jordan tributary within the reserve in about 20 min. Providing the group with an opportunity to study for Monday's exam or to throw stones at stones (the new game invented by the undergrads). After a bit of wading and waiting around, we decided to add a stop at the Galilee to our trip. We stopped at a water-park(not for the water-park) to access the lake front from their property. Just south of Tel Hadar a number of us took the opportunity to visit to see what has made it so uninteresting to so many travelers. We found the remains of an Iron Age building and wall. We stuck around until 2 p.m. and then headed for the Crusader castle of Belvoir. It was a construction put up in the mid 12th century by the Hospitallers only to be taken in 1197 by Saladin's Islamic Reich. The good view of Belvoir makes it a worthwhile stop. An ice-cream treat put people in pretty good straights for the trip home. Two days later, on the heels of a scene full of unfortunate events, I found myself busing up to Tiberias. Its the first time I have taken my bike with me on the bus. It proved to be a really enjoyable trip. Though the trip took a lot longer than I remember, my trip to Hamat Tiberias was only interrupted by a stop at Tel Tiberias just north of the Synagogues. I met with the lonely park ranger, had a few dates and guavas, walked around a bit, took some pictures and then made my way back to town. I stopped inside the 18th century city walls inside Tiberias and learned they were destroyed by a flood in the early half of the 20th century. I was reminded again just how easy it is to project exact images onto biblical landscapes dressing the biblical narrative in a way that is suited by the modern lay of things. Its more complicated than this!
Blessings... enjoy the pictures at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.629768702724.2115721.141303260&type=1
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The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
http://www.creeds.net/ancient/nicene.htm
Symbolum Nicaenum A.D. 325
Πιστεύομεν εις ΄ενα Θεον Πατερα παντοκράτορα, πάντων ορατων τε και αοράτων ποιητήν.
Πιστεύομεν εισ ΄ενα κύριον `Ιησουν Χριστον, τον υ΄ιον του θεου, γεννηζέντα εκ του πατρος μονογενη, τουτέστιν εκ της ουσίας του πατρός, θεον εκ θεου αληθινου, γεννηθέντα, ου ποιηθέντα, ΄ομοούσιον τωι πατρί δι οϋ τα πάντα εγένετο, τα τε εν τωι ουρανωι και τα επι της γης τον δι ΄ημας τους ανθρώπους και δα την ΄ημετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα και σαρκωθέντα και ενανθρωπήσαντα, παθόντα, και αναστάντα τηι τριτηι ΄ημέραι, και ανελθοντα εις τους οθρανούς, και ερχόμενον κριναι ζωντασ και νεκρούς.
Και εις το ΄Αγιον Πνευμα.
Τους δε λέγοντας, ΄οτι ΄ην ποτε ΄ότε οθκ ΄ην, και πριν γεννηθηναι ουκ ΄ην, και ΄οτι εξ ΄ετερας ΄υποστάσεως η ουσιας φάσκοντας ειναι, [η κτιστόν,] τρεπτον η αλλοιωτον τον υ΄ιον του θεου, [τούτους] αναθεματίζει ΄η καθολικη [και αποστολικη] εκκλησία.
Martin Luther - 16th century
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