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"We will return to the Holy Land... like a magnet is drawing us in. Some will literally come back, some only by the power of the Spirit. It won't matter because we will remember in clarity--the colors, smells, sensations, sites, and people."

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

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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...

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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...

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

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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...