the sea of galilee is over there. jericho straight ahead.ot the jordan river, the dead sea, bethlehem in the distance. and look, the holiest of cities silhouetted against a setting sun. jerusalem. there is no oil under this land. there are no diamonds, no gold. and yet it is without doubt the most fought-over piece of real estate on the planet. ♪ as we drive down, down, down below sea level, ears a popping, we see a liquid victim of all that conflict. a lake unlike any other, smooth as blueberry yogurt. just imagine the elation of ancient travelers seeing it for the first time. water in the desert! but then they got close. and crunched across a bizzaro beach of salt. and found a thick mineral soup that stings the eyes and burns the tongue. no wonder that for centuries the dead sea filled visitors with dread. >> early christian pilgrims said that, well, we believe that the dead sea is a mouth of hell. the actual mouth of hell. >> while others saw it and fell madly in love. romantic types like barbara kriger. >> you could see the wrinkles of a

on the banks of lake galilee.ng to the gospel of mark, in the synagogue, a man asks jesus to cure his withered hand. >> jesus tells him to stretch out his hand, and he's healed. >> but this is the sabbath, and working on the sabbath is prohibited. >> the fact that jesus heals the man with the withered hand on the sabbath, in the synagogue suggests that he's just going to do what he wants. >> it's an action that brings jesus into conflict with the jewish priesthood. now his reputation precedes him wherever he goes. the number of his followers increases. the crowds he attracts bring him to the attention of the roman authorities. >> when jesus is active in galilee, those areas were under roman occupation. you could believe whatever you wanted to believe in the roman empire, you could practice your religion in whatever way you chose to practice your religion, but what romans didn't like is one charismatic figure, especially one who was messianic. >> fearing for jesus' safety, james and his family come to capernaum. >>

. >> in the new testament gospels, jesus starts his mission traveling through galilee and ju dhia, gatheringollowers. from them, he chooses 12 to be his closest disciples. >> the term "disciple" simply means learner or student. so when jesus is calling disciples, he's simply gathering a group of students around to learn from him. >> the disciples come from a wide range of backgrounds. from fishermen to tax collectors. >> there was recruitment by jesus, deliberate recruitment. and he wanted a diverse group. judas may well have been one of the very first he recruited. >> jesus was a pretty good judge of character. anyone who jesus had chosen as a disciple must have had something going for him. >> judas was the treasurer of jesus' 12 disciples. he was the one jesus trusted with the money. >> jesus saw in judas the kind of man that he wanted to be his follower. we have to assume that they're friends and that they have this close relationship. >> he's special. he has a key place. and yet something's going to happen in judas that's going to lead him to fall away from jesus and to lose faith in jes

. >> jesus leaves the family and goes walk about in galilee and judea. >> according to the gospels, jesus john the baptist on the banks of the river jordan. >> jesus' baptism by john the baptist really galvanized him, it got him thinking i must act now and convert people now. >> he begins performing miracles, casting out demons. >> according to the gospels, there are large crowds that are drawn to jesus throughout his ministry. jesus's healing miracles would have drawn a lot of attention. >> but while jesus embarks on his mission, his family remain in nazareth. >> jesus leaves james and the other brothers and sisters in charge of the family. >> hey, enough. >> and that is what's uncomfortable about this story. the village itself was a small village. so tongues would wag about this whole deal of jesus going off and doing some kind of ministry and leaving his family to take care of business. >> there would have been a lot of social marginalization that they would have experienced because they had this slightly crazy, embarrassing brother. and we can imagine that would have created friction

you'll meet him in galilee. one of the things that stays the same as jesus continues to lead. >> and we have just a minute. >> i was just thinking about the theme around genesis. i'm going back to the hebrew text around hope and faith and the covenant that god makes with us. >> that's good, that's good. i'd like to hear your sermon. >> we have one more segment. please join us. ok simon what do people wear? clothes. that's right, so it's important to learn how to dress yourself. here's how it's done. shirt, underwear, pants, socks, shoes. underwear always first nametag on the back, then pants, then shirt. go ahead and put this on. now with the shirt you want to make sure the first button's right or you have to start all over again, ok? socks, left on left, right on right. tying the shoes, we're going to take the laces, we're going to cross them over we're going to turn them around where the bunny goes down the hole, pull it tight and bunny ears, got it? [announcer] most parenting is hard to do in just 2 minutes.

you will meet him in galilee. one of the things that stays the same is jesus continues to lead. >> carroll. >> i have was just thinking about the theme around genesis. >> okay. >> it is around hope, fate, the covenant god makes with us that stays the same. >> good. i like to her your sermons. i think everyone will come hear me. >> we'll have to buy tickets. [ laughter ] >> great to have you guys. we have one more segment. please join us at lent and easter. >> you might be wondering when is easter? easter is april 5th this year. that might be communion sunday for some of us. are you looking forward to that? >> i am, i am. i think it will engage us deeper in communing with god in that way of allowing that to nourish us. >> jim? >> i am looking forward to having communion on easter sunday because union is a celebration that sustains us in our hope. the bread and the cup keep our easter hope alive. >> good, good. i love what both of you have said about easter. any additional thoughts about the easter message that you

you live in galilee. >> yes, i'm a citizen of israel since day one.community actually, for the first time, the various factions that ran [indiscernible] for the first time, they were able to constitute a single list and to address -- amy: the joint list the cayman -- came in as the third-largest party. they were able to address some of the more relevant -- vis-À-vis, the central authority of the state. with that, for me, that does give me some hope in the future because in fact, in the last week, the leader of that list became, for little while, sort of the sweetheart of the media in israel. so there is potential for us to place sometime in the future despite the fact that so far, no prime minister in israel ever negotiated with the palestinian political parties to form a coalition. so there is some hope, from my point of view, despite the shift in the result of the elections. aaron: lisa goldman, do you also take some hope from the results of the election? >> in a way, yes, i do. i agree with dr. kanaaneh, the third-largest party with 13 seats, it is

. >> with the protection of rome, herod rules galilee with all the contempt of an autocrat. has made his first serious miscalculation. he's turned his back on jewish law by marrying his brother's wife, herodias. >> this was in violation of a law in leviticus which says that a man must not uncover the nakedness of his brother's wife. >> herodias is the wife of your brother. >> john the baptist was very critical of the political regime. in particular, he was critical of herod for having married his brother's wife. and he was critical of their immorality and their treatment of the people. >> jews feel themselves oppressed by a foreign power that they can't do anything about. john gives them a vision of someone who can do something about it. >> ignoring the peril, john openly accuses herod and his wife of violating jewish law. >> give up this woman! send her away! >> if john the baptist said out loud what everybody else was really murmuring about, then that put him in the category of someone who could be accused of sedition of treason. he would be like a terrorist. >> if john th

touch room of the museum, including from this frame rembrandt's christ in the storm in the sea of galilee. >> in fact what may be missing forever, you can always take this virtual tour, createon the 25th anniversary of the huge theft. >> why haven't these piece he resurfaced? the most common theory is that their very notoriety is keeping them off the market, they were hidden or destroyed years ago. >> a quarter century later is this about the history or the art? >> it is not about the theft what it's really about and has always been about is recovery of the art. >> the empty frames of the stolen paintings still hang in the gardner emphasizing emphasizing what isn't there and hoping that some some day the masterpieces will be returned. allen schauffler, al jazeera. >> shifting gears, it was just 12 minutes long but made history, 50 years ago today a soviet cosmonaut became the first to float outside a space spacecraft. nah diem baba has thenadem baba has the story. gls outside the capsule orbiting earth was a huge deal not just for russians but people around the world. half a century later

much like much like bin laden in his 50s went to live in caves in galilee to prosecute a struggle ordainedagainst palestine and british occupiers and also against what he saw was the jews coming to take over the land unlike bin laden he did not avoid being tracked down and killed for over a a decade. the british track him down within a couple of months and that was the end of his revolt. his followers precipitated the arab rebellion and he himself is enshrined in the charter of hamas and the missiles that played a role in precipitating this past summer's gaza war. >> thank you, bruce. our time is up unfortunately. the book "anonymous soldiers" landmark study by professor bruce hoffman. copies are available for purchase outside of the seminar room. i would like to thank all of you for coming today on what passes as a nasty day in washington. i say that because my sister lives in boston and won't hear that. i would like to thank all of you for attending today. for those viewing on c-span and book tv. for those here please thank bruce hoffman. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> book tv i

. >> reporter: now we're in northern islam, known as the sea of galilee, in front of us. you see it in incredible detail. if you look left, if you look essentially north, you see the highest mountain in israel. that's getting toward the golan heights. the northern border of israel, the border with syria and lebanon. we hear a lot of the threats surrounding israel. do you practice attacking iran? do you practice attacking isis? >> we are practicing on the main go goal. what we want to practice and pilot, we want them to know how to deal with. and we prefer to do it in the simulator for the first time, not in the real combat arena. >> reporter: as pilots hone their skills in the air, benjamin netanyahu has stressed all options are on the table when it comes to a nuclear iran. >> this is why -- this is why as prime minister of israel i can promise one more thing. even if israel has to stand alone, israel will stand. >> reporter: an attack on a nuclear facility in iran would not be without precedent. in 1981, a formation of eight heavily fueled israeli f-16s flew nearly 1,000

election, but a third thing there is a young congressman who has reared its ugly head by the name of galilee. yes fashioned himself after some big prosecutor, and he is decided that he is going to pull her up. i wish you would have listened the other day when they had the irs people off, and he was he relating to the people who were public service in the irs. it was very cruel. it is not serving anything but the republicans. after this dies in about a month, they will find something else, anything before we get into that election cycle in which hillary hopefully will be a candidate. please be aware of what you are listening to. host: the congressman from south carolina released a statement about her news conference he says that there remains series questions about the security of the system she employed from a national security stamp white. who authorized this exclusive use of personal e-mail despite china's to the contrary from both her state department and the white house? in a headline in the national journal -- hillary clinton failed to address concerns about her homebrew e-mail system.