Palestine Archives - Rachel's Ruminations https://rachelsruminations.com/category/travel/middle-east-travel/palestine/ Taking the road less traveled Thu, 23 May 2024 15:01:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Biblical Nazareth: my observations https://rachelsruminations.com/biblical-nazareth/ https://rachelsruminations.com/biblical-nazareth/#comments Fri, 19 May 2017 18:02:29 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=8812 In biblical Nazareth, a man, dressed like an extra from The Ten Commandments, wanders slowly by between the gnarled olive trees, leading a donkey by a rope. He lingers for a while near our assembled group. The camera-toting tourists, dressed in shorts and tank tops, crowd around. The effect of being in biblical Nazareth is...

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