Students in Winter/Spring 1994 had the unique opportunity to participate in an archeological dig at the Philistine city of Ekron. They were among the first to see Palestinian policemen in the West Bank because of the recently signed Oslo Accords, and they were also in Jerusalem at the time of the Hebron Massacre and related rioting in East Jerusalem. Because Egypt wasn’t a travel option, this group went to Jordan, visiting Amman and Petra.
Winter/Spring 1994 included a group of 16 Intensive Hebrew students, with Professor Donald Parry and teachers Janet Ward and Smadar from Hebrew University. Three of the students became BYU professors, including Monica Carter Richards (Hebrew) and Kerry Muhlestein and Dan Belnap (Ancient Scripture-now BYU Jerusalem faculty.) The Hebrew group spent a week immersed in language and work at Kibbutz Afiqim.
Kent Brown was the director with Kaye Hanson as the associate director. Jeff Chadwick taught Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Brent Top and Bob Cloward were two of the four Old and New Testament teachers.
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Winter/Spring 1994 Faculty and Directors
1994-1995, 2007
Bryon R. Merrill
1994
Catherine Thomas
1994, 2000
Don Parry
Faculty Liaison
Dr. Brent Top
1993 -1994 Center Faculty
1982 to present
Jeffrey R. Chadwick
Fall 1993 - Summer 1994
Robert Alston Cloward
1978, 1988, 1993, 2009-2010
S. Kent Brown
Sally at the dig