Did you get a chance to catch Mel Gibson’s Magnum Opus The Passion? Not me.
Haven’t even Netflixed it yet. No interest, really. I prefer to experience my history for real. I like to BE THERE, if
you know what I mean. And so as we glide ever so swiftly into the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa season, I was thinking
about trips to the Holy Land. But I got to wondering, with the all bad news coming out of the region and the suicide
bombers and all, whether the Holy Land was safe. Nothing ruins a good bowl of hummus like some as#hole who wants
to blow himself up next to you.
Well, the Independent runs this very fine
Complete Guide to the Biblical
Lands, telling you everything you wanted to know about your favorite Holy Site. It also answers a few questions you may
not have thought to ask. For example, you might never have pondered this: did Jesus spend much time in Jordan? Well,
yes sir, he did, but not much. In his latter years, Jerusalem was really his main hood. Another questions a typicasl
American might ask: Was Jordan named after Michael Jordan. No, Billy, it was not. No go eat your bag of Cheetos by the
Wailing Wall and leave us alone.