Norman J. “Norm” Barlow was born in Santa Monica, California to Edmund Garrett Barlow and Evva Burnham Barlow on 12 Dec 1943.  He went to...

Michael Willard Bawden was born on February 26, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Marwood (Mike) and Beverly Bawden...

Dr. R. Kirk Belnap is an associate professor of Arabic in BYU’s Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and...

Terry was a former Boise Institute Director, BYU-Idaho Instructor, Bishop & Stake President. After teaching at the Jerusalem Center, he...

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Charles Kent Dunford was born on November 12, 1933 to Lela Violet Christensen and Isaac Dunford. He served an LDS...

Dr. Flake earned his master’s degree and doctorate from BYU in religious education and has served as a teacher for...

David Brian Galbraith is a retired BYU professor of political science who served as director of the Jerusalem Center Center for 15 years,...

David Henry Garner taught at the Jerusalem Center for a semester in 1980. He was born January 9, 1935, in...

Stewart Glazier received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish education and general science from Arizona State University and a master’s degree...

Born in Los Angeles, Professor Arnold H. Green was a history professor at Brigham Young University, specializing in modern Middle...

Richard W. Hall was an institute instructor of the Tucson Arizona Institute of Religion. He taught at the Jerusalem Center...

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From his Obituary: 1936-2018 Garth A Hanson, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 6, 2018, in Provo, Utah, surrounded...

Steven C. Harper is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. In 2012 Steve was appointed...

John Hilton III is an assistant professor of ancient scripture. Before coming to BYU, John worked with the Seminaries and Institutes...

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel completed his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University (Middle Eastern Studies) and graduate studies at Hebrew Union...

Bio for President Roy Huff President Huff grew up in Redlands in Southern California. He served a mission to the...

Dr. Christine Isom-Verhaaren loved history from her childhood, reading historical novels that her siblings left in the house. She was...

W. James’s Keller was a member of the Religion Department faculty at Rick’s College. He received a B.S. degree from...

Roger Keller currently holds the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding and teaches comparative world religions. He is a...

Teaching in Israel was the "Galilee" of my teaching career.

Brother Largey has taught in the Departament of Ancient Scripture since 1985. He is married to Kristene Lee Belnap Largey...

Brother Manscill’s formative years were in the small farming community of Farr West on the outskirts of Ogden, Utah. He...

Brother George Masters was born in 1942 in Inglewood, California and raised in Burbank, California. He graduated from John Burroughs...

Brother Ostler and his wife, Sandy, have seven children. He served in the Colombia Bogotá Mission as a bishop and on two high...

Melvin Deloy Pack (“Deloy”) was born on May 23rd, 1936, in Los Angeles, California, the third child of Wesley Malin...

Spencer J. Palmer was born on October 4, 1927, in Eden, Arizona, and was raised in Thatcher. He served a...

Brother Perkins has taught at BYU since August of 1992 and in CES for 19 years before coming to BYU....

"If you like history and you like religion," he observed, "how can you help but love Jerusalem. It is inexhaustible."

Pike has taught at BYU since 1992. He received his BS in Near Eastern archaeology and anthropology from Brigham Young University...

Stephen D. Ricks, a native of Berkeley, California, received his bachelor’s degree in ancient Greek and his master’s degree in...

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"Teaching at the Jerusalem Center is a totally unique experience, something I haven’t been able to recreate in Provo."

Professor Top said that the Holy Land--its history, people and spirit-- became part of his very soul

I was born and raised in the desert area of Southern California. I was the fourth of ten children and...

Fred E. Woods completed a BS degree in psychology (1981) and a MS degree in international relations (1985) from Brigham Young...