Traveling with the patriarchs

Posted on January 13, 2025 | 2 Comments

The Biblical patriarchs were those in

The Patriarchs Route between Bethlehem and Hebron. Photo by Ferrell Jenkins.
The patriarchs such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob followed the central mountain range such as this road between Bethlehem and Hebron on their was from Mesopotamia to the promised land. Photo (c) Ferrell Jenkins.
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2 responses to “Traveling with the patriarchs”

  1. Tom Powers's avatar Tom Powers | January 13, 2025 at 4:31 pm |

    First sentence (above): I meant to say, “…down through the ages.”

  2. Tom Powers's avatar Tom Powers | January 13, 2025 at 4:27 pm |

    The “Way of the Patriarchs,” Derech HaAvot, remained a major north-south thoroughfare the ages. Today, traveling south along the one-mile-long stretch beginning at Road 3513 (Neve Daniel), one can see two nicely preserved Roman milestones, Nos. 11 and 12, still faithfully marking the distance south of Jerusalem. Around the corner from No. 12 are two excavated, rock-hewn mikva’ot (ritual baths) which one can imagine ancient Jewish pilgrims using on their way up to the Holy City! (For approximate locations, and photos, see the WikiMapia platform.)

    If one were to go have a look–and I know of no reason not to–it bears keeping in mind: You are traveling through an area of both ancient Arab-Palestinian villages and illegal, post-1967 Jewish-Israeli settlements, cheek-by-jowl, in the Occupied West Bank. (If renting a car, Arab agencies in East Jerusalem can provide a vehicle fully insured for travel there.)

    NOTE: From the road junction at Neve Daniel, the Tent of Nations project (Nassar Family Farm), which some of you may have heard of–and is well worth knowing about–lies about 1/2 mile west, but behind an Israeli-erected concrete road barrier.

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