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H5194C Christian History Fieldwork (Holy Lands)

This unit is based around a trip to Jordan and Israel and the opportunity that will provide you to connect what you will see with that which you have only ever read about.
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Diploma

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Unit Details

Israel, the Holy Land, or Palestine are names used by different people to describe the same place – a place that is important to three of the world’s major faiths. This unit is based around the historical aspects of your trip to Israel and Jordan and the opportunity that it will provide you to connect what you will see and experience during this Field Experience, with what you read in your Bible.

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Describe the main contextual features which relate to the field under study.
  2. Explain the connection between local historical, geographical and cultural features in the development of the particular narrative within the field under study.
  3. Review a topic within the field under study in terms of its local origin and influences.
  4. Reflect on the impact of the travel experience on their personal development within the field under study.
  5. Apply the insights gained from the field experience to a presentation or project depicting the connection between the location visited and the narrative within the field under study.
  1. Preparing yourself and your expectations
  2. Historical Elements of the Holy Land
  3. The historical relationship between Israelis and Palestinians
  4. Background of Biblical & Historical Sites Part 1
  5. Background of Biblical & Historical Sites Part 2
  1. Pre-Departure Forums (10%)
    Word Limit: 400 total
  2. Pre-Departure Reflection (15%)
    Word Limit: 600
  3. Historical Site Report and Presentation (50%)
    Word Limit: 2000
  4. Post-Trip Reflection (25%)
    Word Limit: 1000
  • Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

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