Saxum Visitor Center — Attraction in Mate Yehuda Regional Council

We, members of The Center of Inter-Religious Peace, are thankful for the warm welcome and the guidance of Almudena Romero, Director and Manuel Cimadevilla. Saxum Visitor Center is an ambitious project of history, archeology theology, architecture, digital, and film appliance. The design and materials, so as the dominant black colors, are based on succinct and precise estheticism, aiming to present a maximal array of data. We will refer later on to the theological rupture between Judaism and Christianity, offering a different view. We will suggest to provide more information on the historical background of The Crucifixion of Christ. Jesus, very probably, according to his New Way, belonged to the "Prushim," the Pharisees, who believed in the metaphysical, angels, and personal Providence. Therefore, they were persecuted by the rigidly intellectual dominant "Tzdokim," Sadducees. The Sadducees befriended the Roman Empire in the land, saw in the Pharisees enemies of the true belief, and caused death by crucifixion of hundreds of the Pharisees. Understanding the historical background and the bloody war among the three different Jewish sects, Sadducees, Pharisees, and the Essenes, will probably throw light on the dramatic event and attenuate the hatred, unfortunately still...

Had the opportunity to visit Holy Land, and followed a friend's suggestion to go to the Saxum Visitor Center on the first afternoon. I was really struck by how much they teach you in just a couple of hours. They have created a multimedia experience which begins with clever outdoor maps and timelines of the Holy Land and other ancient cultures, followed by interactive computer explanations of the Temple, the Holy Sepulchre, the last hours of Jesus Christ projected on a mockup of Jerusalem, etc. They have very knowledgeable guides in multiple languages, but even if you just browsed the computers you would learn a ton. The result is that you get the essential background, so that when visiting the actual historical sites you can make sense of all that you're seeing. If you are lucky enough to travel to the Holy Land, put a stop at Saxum early in your tour, and you will raise your Holy Land experience to a whole...

Would highly recommend starting a trip to the Holy Land here. It is only 5 mins off the road from the airport to Jerusalem, and is well worth it. It's run by Opus Dei, but the only way that shows in the exhibits is through their quality and doctrinal accuracy- the prelature is not mentioned. While we tend to be aware of the major biblical stories, often we don't quite understand how they all fit together. Saxum does a great job giving context to everything you will see on your trip. My favorite part is certianly the courtyard, which has a map of the Exodus etched into the stone, and holes drilled in the fence create a timeline of the Bible....