David writes: "The visible ruin dates from the fourth century B.C., but beneath it you can see the foundations of a first-century synagogue, believed to be where Jesus taught."

That's quite an engineering feat!

Anyway, as a Christian minister, I find your writing on the Bible refreshing and always a fun read. Where you get things wrong, it's still marvelously quirky. Your account of the strange warmth that came over you at the Western Wall moved me.

Thanks for doing this project, David. Can't wait for the book.