Religious Studies News

Greetings once again from Israel!

This past weekend our WVU group took a couple of days off (well, we don’t actually dig on Saturday or Sunday) to visit religious and historical sites in northern Israel.

Believe it or not, one of the places we explored was the actual site of Armageddon itself. Actually, the place is named “Megiddo”. “Armageddon” comes from the Hebrew “Har Megiddo,” which simply means “Mt. Megiddo.”

As you may know, the Bible lilnks this ancient site (which spans thousands of years) with the great final battle between good and evil. One of the possible reasons for the origination of this belief is the fact that Megiddo lies at the intersection of two major crossroads in Israel and has been the site of many fierce and bloody battles. It is also a holy site. Here is picture of a sacred place dating back thousands of years.

Fearlessly, however, the WVU group decided to tempt fate and come face-to-face with Megiddo. Here is a picture of our group at the site.

OK. so it wasn’t very scary, but we had a great time learning about ancient culture and religious history.

We’ll check back in soon with more updates from the trip.