FACULTY AND STAFF

Dr. Stephen J Pfann

Contact: stephen.pfann@uhl.ac

Founder and Chancellor

Expertise: Qumran Studies; Ancient Languages; Cultural Geography

Education: M.A., Graduate Theological Union; Ph.D., Department of Ancient Semitic Languages, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Claire Pfann

Contact: claire.pfann@uhl.ac

Academic Dean

Expertise: New Testament

Education: M.A., Graduate Theological Union; Ph. D. cand., Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Dr. Youn-Ho Chung

Contact: johnchung@uhl.ac

Dean of Asian Students & Vice President of Public Relations

Expertise: Old Testament; Jewish Studies; Biblical Geography

Education: Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary (M.Div and Th.M); Ph.D., Hebrew University in Jerusalem

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Dr. Ginger Barth Caessens

Contact: caessens@aol.com

Director of Short Term Programs

Expertise: Historical Geography

Education: B.A., Wheaton College, Major: History; M.A., American Institute of Holy Land Studies; Ph.D., Cambridge University

Willie Ondricek

Contact: wondricek@uhl.ac

Lecturer

Expertise: Archaeology; Biblical Geography; Geology of Israel; Biblical Society & Cultures

Education: M.A., University of the Holy Land; M.A., Tel Aviv University; Ph.D. Candidate, Tel Aviv University

Archaeological Field Work:

Malcom Lowe

Lecturer

Expertise: Philosophy, New Testament Backgrounds

Education: M.A., Physics, Oxford University; B.Phil., Oxford University

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Dr. Petra Heldt

Lecturer

Expertise: Early Christianity; Eastern Christianity; Patristic Studies

Education: Ph.D., Department of Comparative Religions, Hebrew University Jerusalem

Dr. Vered Hillel

Lecturer

Expertise: Second Temple Period Literature

Education: M.A., University of the Holy Land; M.A. and Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dr. Moon Beom Lee

Adjunct Faculty and Liaison for Korean Sabbatical Program

Expertise: Historical Geography

Education: Ph.D., University of the Holy Land

Dr. Peter Snyder

Contact: petersnyder@uhl.ac

Director of English as a Second Language Program

Expertise: ESL, TESL, English and Applied Linguistics

Education: M.A., Oral Roberts University; Ph.D. (Hon. Causa), University of the Holy Land

Dr. David Schmidt

Lecturer

Expertise: History of the Middle East, History

Education: Dip. Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada; B.Th., London Baptist Bible College, Ontario, Canada; M.A., Middle East Studies, Jerusalem University College, Jerusalem, Israel; Post Graduate Research Studies, Middle East Political History, Keele University, England; Ph.D.; University of the Holy Land

Education:

Dr. Randall Buth

Vice President, Institute for Biblical Languages & Translation

Dr. Buth was trained in Israel in biblical languages and historical geography, before spending 28 years as a Bible translator & consultant for Wycliffe Bible Translators and United Bible Societies. He earned a PhD in Semitic Languages from UCLA in 1987, and moved to Israel in 1996 with his wife Margret.

He is the Founder and Director of the Biblical Languages Center in Israel, which works to promote and develop a living knowledge of Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic in order to fluently read and understand the Bible in its original languages and reproduce these skills in others.

Dr. Buth is a recognized voice in the academic field of biblical studies, linguistics, and discourse, and his pioneering work in the field has been an inspirational force for both the democratization and deepening of the study of biblical languages.

Sharon Alley

Lecturer

Expertise: Hebrew, Greek

Education: M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Timothy King

Contact: tim.king@uhl.ac

Vice President of Administration

Stephen Pfann Jr.

Acting Director

Carolyn Ramsey

Contact: cramsey@uhl.ac

Director of the Chinese Programs

Elizabeth Olmedo

Contact: registrar@uhl.ac

Registrar & University Relations Coordinator

Lora Hadassa Gleyzer

Contact: office.mgr@uhl.ac or visa.admin@uhl.ac

Office Manager & Visa Administrator