The Eternal Adventure Chapter 14
The Nobel Minded Men of Berea
After their successful ministry in Thessaloniki where a church was firmly established, Paul and Barnabas travel to Berea, where they encounter men who model our understanding and study of God’s Word. It is here that The Holy Spirit, through the writing of Luke, gives us a significant instruction of how we are to handle the Word of God.
10 That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. 12 As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
13 But when some Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, they went there and stirred up trouble. 14 The believers acted at once, sending Paul on to the coast, while Silas and Timothy remained behind. 15 Those escorting Paul went with him all the way to Athens; then they returned to Berea with instructions for Silas and Timothy to hurry and join him. Acts 17:10-15
We visited Berea during our study tour in Greece in 2001 with 31 of our friends from Hawaii, Florida, Bulgaria, Montana, and Germany.
The monument in Modern Berea commemorating Paul teaching the Bereans
One of the great adventures of our lives was opening a café on the Western Caribbean island of Utila, which lies 18 miles off the north coast of Honduras. Our family lived in La Ceiba from 1986 to 2000, and Utila was a short 15 minute flight in our Piper Pacer. It’s a small island, approximately 3 miles by 5 miles, with an indigenous English speaking population. Utila was known as a pirate island in the 1700’s, where English buccaneers preyed on the Spanish merchant ships transiting from New Granda back to Spain, often laden with silver and gold from the mines in Central America. With deep blue waters and abundant coral formations, Utila attracted us expatriate Hawaiian Islanders to its clear underwater landscape. It also attracts scuba and free divers from all over the world who come to get their diving certifications and enjoy the free lifestyle of this island famous for Tequila Tuesday and any other excuse to party.
When we opened the Rio Coco Café in the summer of 2011, we met one of Utila’s pirates, a local boy named Webb Munoz.
At the time, Webb was selling drugs to tourists and being the outrageous persona of the island. At any moment, Webb would appear speaking loud and often audacious words, often shocking the sensibilities of even the most ardent party animal. Laura and I recognized that underneath that rough exterior was a very gentle man looking for something to fill his life.
It was a few years after we opened the café that our neighbor Pastor Wilson told us about Webb as a young man who attended church, worked hard, and arranged work visas in the United States for him and his wife. Suddenly one day the wife disappeared, and later it was discovered that she was in the US with her lover, who was using Webb’s work visa and identity. Webb dove into the deep hole of Pirate Life, looking for that something that would heal his deep wound.
One day I was down by the municipal dock and Webb was loudly arguing with a man over some financial deal. I, along with others, stood by listening to ensure that the conversation would end peacefully. When it did and the crowd dispersed, I went up to Webb and asked, “Is this what you want your life to be?” That question surprised him, and he calmed down. I invited him to the café for coffee. That was the beginning of our friendship.
Over the years we shared many meals. Webb sold us mangoes, avocados, among other things. Laura cut his hair. She beat him at the pool table a Skid Row one night. We always took time to have a coffee with him.
We noticed things changing. He began caring for others, especially his children. He began taking them to the Methodist school, and even found himself sitting with them in church. We had many conversations about Jesus. Webb had many thoughts about the spiritual world. He knew that Laura and I are followers of Jesus, doing our best to walk with Him daily in obedience to His commandments.
Webb told me one day that having a tattoo was a “sin”. When I asked him why it was a sin, he told me that the Bible says tattoos are forbidden, therefore if one has a tattoo, he can’t be a Christian, and he won’t go to heaven. I asked him what passage in the Bible he was referring to. He didn’t know, but he had heard preachers for years declare those who had tattoos to be sinners.
Webb has a few himself.
So I quoted the verse from Leviticus 19:27-28:
“Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards. Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord.”
According to this complete passage of Scripture, if I insist that Christians cannot have tattoos, then I must insist that they let the hair on the side of their head grow long and they not shave but grow long ZZ Top/Duck Dynasty style beards. I told Webb that I had trimmed my beard that morning. I noted also that Laura had cut my hair a few days earlier, trimming my temples to conform to the shape of her haircut design. Obviously, there has to be a context to this commandment that may help us understand what God is actually saying.
So why did God tell his people this? There must be some logical reason for this admonition. On face value, it seems very random and senseless. But it has been my experience that when I encounter something like this in the Bible, it is worth investigating. Usually there is an explanation that gives me understanding to the principle behind a seemingly random commandment.
First let’s place this verse in its literal and historical context to see if that helps us make sense of this. This passage on tatoos actually begins in Leviticus 18:1:
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. I am the Lord your God. So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life. You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees, for I am the Lord your God. If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the Lord.
God seems to be saying “Don’t be like the Egyptians or the Canaanites. Don’t think like them, don’t act like them, and don’t even look like them. Imitate me. Adopt my moral values and lifestyle. There you will find true life as I designed it.”
With this in mind, God next tells us how He feels about sexual relationships. It is an exhaustive declaration of what is good for us and the committed familial relationship called marriage that God chose to be the foundation of human society. He did design us after all. He does know how we think. He does know what is best for us. He is the greatest lover of mankind and me. At least, that is how I understand God to be. Chapter 18 contains principles for this family relationships that are still current and worthy to emulate.
Then He continues telling us what He thinks of other moral choices that we will make by beginning with this:
“The Lord also said to Moses, ‘Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy’“. Leviticus 19:1-2
This word “Holy” has often been a nebulous term used by many to blur the theme of relationship with God and instead promote codes of behavior. My Hebrew dictionary defines this word (Qadosh) as meaning
“Displaying a morality that is different than the people around you and is of a Divine origin.”
Principle: “Qadosh / Holy” does mean set apart; it means being different; but the standards of apartness and difference must come from God Himself, not man.
From Egyptian tomb art, we see Egyptian men as mostly clean shaven with shaved areas on the sides of their heads. They made cuts and tattoos on their bodies for religious reasons to honor false gods. Remember God is prefacing this passage by saying “Don’t be like the Egyptians nor like the Canaanites. Their standards of morality and behavior are corrupted. I will show you how to live safe, satisfying lives that are productive for now and eternity. Just follow my directives. The principles behind them are everlasting because they originate from me.”
Therefore the principle behind Leviticus 19:27-28 is
“Don’t act like the Egyptians or Canaanites. Don’t follow their customs. Don’t think like them. Don’t worship their so-called gods. Don’t even try to look like them!”
Can we take that principle and apply it to our situation in this world today. Of Course! We are told over and over again in the Christians Scriptures not to “conform to this world in our thinking or actions” (Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:23-24, 2 Corinthians 5:17), but instead to be renewed in our minds and in our actions and be “Qadosh / Holy”. We are encouraged to adopt God’s standards of relationships and behavior and let Him help us grow to be more like Him.
In many South Pacific and Asian cultures, tattoos are actually associated with the Christian faith. I met Geronimo, who was our waiter on a cruise ship and from India. With that name, I suspected that he might be a Christian from the former Portuguese colony Goa, in southern India. One night I asked him if he was from Goa. He smiled and said “Yes!” When I asked him if he was a Muslim or Hindu, he took off his glove and held his right hand in front of my face. Geronimo has a cross tattooed on his hand between the thumb and forefinger. I asked if every Christian has that mark in Goa. His reply surprised me:
“That is what makes us Christian.”
In his culture, a tattoo of a cross marks him as being a follower of Jesus and distinguishes him from the Muslim and Hindu community around him. Can Christians have tattoos? He and thousands of others in his city have used them to be visibly “Qadosh” from their non-believing neighbors.
It helps to understand the principle behind the barred cultural practice. A pastor who tells people that if they have a tattoo they cannot go to heaven has not done his homework.
In our culture there are many who teach things they claim are in the Bible, but in fact are not. Here are a few of the more common ones:
The Lie: “The Bible says that God helps those who help themselves.”
The Truth:
God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. Matthew 5:3
The Lie: “God will never give you more than you can handle.”
The Truth:
For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life. 2 Corinthians 1:8
The Lie: “When you become a Christian the bumps in your road will disappear and life will be smooth.”
The Truth:
After preaching the Good News in Derbe and making many disciples, Paul and Barnabas returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia, where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God. Acts 14:21-22
The Lie: “God is Love. He will never send anyone to Hell.”
The Truth:
“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’ Matthew 7:21-23
Why are these things being taught in our Christian churches?
Perhaps ignorance of what the Word of God says is one answer.
Another might be that the Bible is not the ultimate authority in our lives as disciples of Jesus.
When you mention the Bible, the conversation often turns, because it is a very controversial book. Here are some of the things people say about this book:
“The Bible is not a historical book. It’s a collection of oral tales that have been passed on from generation to generation and finally written down.”
“If you told someone a story and they told that story to someone at the next table, and they repeated the story to the next table, by the time the story got to the end of the third dining room, it would be very different than the story originally told.”
“The Bible was written hundreds of years after the alleged event occurred. How can we be sure that anything it describes actually happened?”
“The Bible has little bearing on what I think about Jesus, because He is in my heart, and He talks to me.”
“The Bible is just other’s opinion of what is the Truth. I know the Truth, because it comes from within me.”
All these comments were spoken to while having breakfast with some new friends a few months ago at the Rio Coco Cafe. I understood why they were saying these things, because I used to think of the Bible in the same manner.
Since Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press in 1439, the most printed book in history has been the Bible, with 2.6 billion copies printed since that time. If you took all the copies and stacked them end to end, the stack would reach one third the distance to the Moon (I did the calculations myself!)
The Bible declares itself to be “living” and “active”, as well as the standard for our Judeo-Christian morality.
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 NAS
Paul told his disciple Timothy that:
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
The Bible was written by more than 40 different authors, who came from all walks of life- kings, farmers, priests, shepherds, fishermen, a tax collector, a physician, a fig tree pincher, all apparently under the influence of the Holy Spirit. It was written over a 1500 year period on three different continents (Europe, Asia and Africa), and in three languages (Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic). Amazingly, all the authors agree on the basic message.
But could I trust it? All Scripture? Every word?
That was the question that I had to decide. I guess it’s the question that we all have to address at some point in our lives.
- Did God speak to mankind through this book?
- Is there a Divine Authority to its contents?
- Does God lay out His opinions on how we are to live our lives here on Earth?
- Can we believe what the Bible says about the origin of life; how we humans think and feel; life after death; who God is, and the great love that God has for us all?
Or is it just another book filled with men’s opinions, mythology, and another philosophy of life? At some point, we must all answer this question.
Principle: We must accept the Bible as the authoritative Word of God if we are to be successful in our personal lives of transformation as well as our personal mission as part of the Kingdom of God.
“If you stuck a syringe in to human history and sucked out the influence of the Bible, I think Western history as we know it would completely collapse. Just look at the influence of the Bible on our Declaration of Independence! The Bible has had a direct impact even on the lives of those who have tried to prove it wrong.” Dr Randall Smith
When I had my first powerful encounter with God in 1981, I began exploring this question in my quest to understand who Jesus is. I had to know if I could trust this source for the answers to life’s questions. My first challenge was to discover if the Bible was a historically accurate document.
As a historian, I was trained to evaluate ancient works of literature as to their veracity- historical accuracy. I took my “Historiography: The Methods of Historical Research” given by Professor Herbert Oerter at the Miami University Luxembourg campus in 1972. Dr. Oerter trained us to apply three tests to any ancient work:
Manuscript evidence: How many copies of the document exist, what is the date of the oldest copy, and how close is that to the original writing? Errors in copying were common. The closer the copy to the original date, the more accurate the document.
Internal Evidence: Is the record from eyewitnesses (primary source)? Does the book describe how people of that time reacted to the events? Are all the facts and themes consistent within the work?
External Evidence: What do outside sources say about the date and story presented in the document? Are there references to the document or information therein in other historical sources? What does archaeology say about the events described in the document?
I found that the Bible has very good Manuscript Evidence, especially when compared to other ancient works of its time- like Herodotus’ The Peloponnesian Wars, Julius Caesar’s The Gallic Wars, Homer’s The Illiad & The Odyssey and others. The numbers tell the story:
Author Date written Earliest Copy Time Span Number of Copies
Caesar 100-44 B.C. 900 A.D 1,000 years 10
Herodotus 460-400 B.C. 900 A.D. 1,300 Years 8
Homer 900 B.C. 400 B.C. 500 years 643
Bible 40-95 A.D. 125 A.D. 30 years over 24,000
There are more manuscripts of the Bible than those of other ancient works combined, and one, the John Ryland manuscript of a portion of the book of John, has been dated to within 30 years of the original writing. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed much of the Hebrew Biblical text we read in our Bibles today.
As far as Internal Evidence, the Bible has many Primary Source (eyewitness) accounts of the life of Jesus that are non-contradictory. Peter and John, who together wrote seven (really eight, as Mark’s gospel is probably Peter’s gospel narrated to Mark) of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament, leave no doubt they were eyewitnesses. Listen to Peter:
For we were not making up clever stories when we told you about the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and his coming again. We have seen his majestic splendor with our own eyes. 2 Peter 1:16
John testifies in a very personal manner:
The one who existed from the beginning is the one we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of life. 1 John 1:1
How did contemporary witnesses react to the words of the apostles? Here’s Peter speaking before a large crowd at the temple in Jerusalem:
“People of Israel, listen! God publicly endorsed Jesus of Nazareth by doing wonderful miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know.”
Peter’s words convicted them deeply, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter replied, “Each of you must turn from your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church—about three thousand in all. Acts 2:22, 37-38, 41
The South Steps of the Temple, Jerusalem, 2006
Peter appealed to them about events that all of Jerusalem had witnessed¾the miracles of Jesus and his crucifixion¾and explained why Jesus had to die for our sins.
Did the people shout “No Peter, you are lying!”?
No, they believed him and over 3,000 accepted Jesus as their Lord that day!
There is an abundance of External Evidence of the Biblical Text that confirms the Biblical record. Roman historians Pliny, Josephus, and Tacitus all mention Jesus. Archeological discoveries in the 20th Century confirm the Biblical record. Here is what the most eminent archeologist of that time said:
“There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition. The excessive skepticism shown toward the Bible by important historical schools of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, certain phases of which still appear periodically, has been progressively discredited. Discovery after discovery has established the accuracy of innumerable details, and brought increased recognition to the value of the Bible as a source of history.” Dr William Albright.
Principle: By all standards used by historians, the Bible stands as one of the most historically accurate books in world history.
If the Bible is a historically accurate document, then is it authoritative as God’s Word in our lives? Is it, as it claims to be, “God’s Word, alive and active’ and “is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness?”
Maybe it was all that for its time, but we are in a new age, with new values. Is it still relevant in our lives? Did God evolve in His thinking? Has He progressed in His understanding of humanity and our needs?
Fortunately, the Holy Spirit foresaw these questions and has already given us His answers:
The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.” Isaiah 40:8
Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Hebrews 13:7-9
Principle: All the verses of the Bible are still relevant and applicable to our lives today. We must understand the principles behind many of the prescribed cultural practices and apply these everlasting truths to our lives today.
God’s morality in relationships, commerce, government, ministry and daily life as expressed in the Scripture are still in effect. We must understand them in the context of the times when they were given and apply the everlasting truths and principles to our lives today. We must do the often-hard work of digging into the Scriptures, understanding the historical, cultural, geographical and linguistical context of the text, and discern the principles that are alive and appropriate for our lives today. We must indeed be like those whom Paul and Barnabas encountered in Berea.
They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
Paul teaching the Bereans, Berea Greece 2001
Principle: We must take time to examine the Scriptures in their historical, cultural, linguistical and geographical culture and to discern the intended meaning of this book written 3500 to 2000 years ago to ancient people who spoke a different language.
The Jews of Berea heard the message of Paul and then did their own research to see if the Hebrew Scriptures actually did point to Jesus of Nazareth as the expected Messiah. They discovered many prophecies that were fulfilled in Jesus. Here are some of them:
Genesis 49:10,
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants,
until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.
2 Samuel 7:12–13,
“‘Furthermore, the LORD declares that he will make a house for you—a dynasty of kings! For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong. He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.
Psalm 2:6-8,
For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.” The king proclaims the LORD’s decree: “The LORD said to me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your Father. Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.
Psalm 22:1,14-18,
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help? My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax,
melting within me. My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.
My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet. I can count all my bones.
My enemies stare at me and gloat. They divide my garments among themselves
and throw dice for my clothing.
Isaiah 7:14,
All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).
Isaiah 9:1–2,
The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory. 2 The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.
Isaiah 35:4–6,
Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.” And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
Isaiah 42:1–4,
“Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or raise his voice in public. He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged. He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth.”
Isaiah 53:1-12,
Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the LORD’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, for the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released, and prisoners will be freed.
Hosea 11:1,
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.
Micah 5:2,
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah.Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.
Malachi 3:1
“Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
These are specific prophecies regarding the Messiah that include how he would arrive on Earth, where He would be born, who would announce His arrival, what He would do, where He would do it, how He would enter Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, how he would die, why He would die, and that He will reign forever on Earth.
What are the chances that all these prophecies could apply to one man?
Peter Stoner (June 16, 1888 – March 21, 1980) was thecChairman of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at Pasadena College and chairman of the science division at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. He studied the Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah, and calculated the probabilities of one man fulfilling only eight of the prophecies. In his book Science Speaks, (now available online at http://sciencespeaks.dstoner.net) he concluded that there would be one chance in 1017 for anyone to fulfil these eight prophecies. Peter describes it like this:
"Let us try to visualize this chance. If you mark one of ten tickets, and place all of the tickets in a hat, and thoroughly stir them, and then ask a blindfolded man to draw one, his chance of getting the right ticket is one in ten. Suppose that we take 1017 silver dollars and lay them on the face of Texas. They will cover all of the state two feet deep. Now mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state.
"Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up one silver dollar and say that this is the right one. What chance would he have of getting the right one? Just the same chance that the prophets would have had of writing these eight prophecies and having them all come true in any one man, from their day to the present time, providing they wrote using their own wisdom."
The Jews of Berea were diligent and searched the Scriptures to see if what Paul was telling them was indeed true. They researched all these mentioned passages of Scripture and more. As a result, their faith in Jesus was based on Biblical Truth, rather than just convincing preaching. These Bereans set an example for all of us to follow when we hear of things spoken of in the Bible. We must do our own research! We must read it for ourselves. We must understand the historical, cultural, political, and often geographical context of a passage to get its accurate meaning and true application to our own lives.
As Paul later told Timothy, one of his companions on this Road Trip Mission Team,
Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
Examining the Scriptures atop Mt Arbel, Israel, 2006
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