Research & Background Reading
Guidebooks:
- Fodor’s Israel, 7th Edition
Lonely Planet: Israel and the Palestinian Territories
- Frommer’s Israel
Hiking Israel:
- Israel National Parks and Nature Reserves – Azaria Alon
- Hike the land of Israel – Jacob Saar
- Hiking in Israel – Ya’akov Shkolnik
Pilgrimage:
- Jerusalem Pilgrims Before the Crusades – John Wilkinson
- Explorations in a Christian Theology of Pilgrimage – Craig Bartholomew
- Sacred Travels: Recovering the Ancient Practice of Pilgrimage – Christian George
- The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred – Phil Cousineau
- Travel as a Political Act – Rick Steves
Hebrew and Arabic Language Study:
- Colloquial Hebrew – Zippi Lyttleton
- Let’s Speak Arabic; a Course in Colloquial Jerusalem Arabic for Beginners – Omar Othman
Recent History: