Museum of Biblical Archaeology

Advisors & Supporters

Steering Committee

Pat Boone
Actor, Singer
Beverly Hills, CA

Alan Dershowitz
Law Professor Emeritus
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Susan Eisenhower
Director
Eisenhower Group
Washington, DC

Jamie Farr
Actor
Hollywood, CA

Norman Koonce
Former CEO
American Institute of Architects
Washington, DC

Calvin Oren
President
Visibild Inc.
Baltimore, MD

David Roosevelt
Author, Statesman
Switzerland

Federico S. Quinto Federico Sangiradi Wardal
Count of Wardal
Rome, Italy

Ray Willey
Historic Building Renovation
Tucson, AZ

Chuck Williams
Actor/Producer
Hollywood, CA

Juan Williams
Fox News Contributor
Washington, DC

Advisory Board

Dan Bahat
Excavator of Jerusalem
St. Michael College, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Neal Bierling
Ancient Near Eastern Site Photographer
President, Phoenix Data Systems
Ada, MI

Kirsti Copeland
Biblical Scholar, Professor
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Bill Dever William Dever
Biblical Archaeologist, Excavator of Gezer, Professor Emeritus, Near Eastern Archeology, University of Arizona
Alampra, Cyprus

Pamela Gaber
Cypriot Archaeologist, Excavator of Idalion, Cyprus, Professor, Lycoming College
Alampra, Cyprus

Larry Geraty
President (retired), La Sierra University
Jordanian Archaeologist
Excavator of Madaba Plains, Jordan
Riverside, CA

Seymour Gitin Sy Gitin
Director Emeritus,
Albright Institute of Archaeological Research
Excavator of Tel Miqne/Ekron
Jerusalem, Israel

Ron Hendel
Biblical Scholar, Professor, Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies
U.C. Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

James Hoffmeier
Egyptologist, Professor, Excavator of Akhenaton Temple Project, Professor, Near Eastern Archaeology
Trinity International University
Deerfield, IL

Aren Maeir
Biblical Archaeologist, Excavator / Tell es-Safi / Gath, Professor, Biblical Archaeology Bar Ilan University
Jerusalem, Israel

Jodi Magness
Biblical Scholar, Excavator of Masada, Professor, Religious Studies and Early Judaism
University of N.C. Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Amiha Mazar Amihai Mazar
Biblical Scholar, Excavator of Timnah and Bet Sheán, Professor, Biblical Archaeology
Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel

Kyle McCarter
Biblical Scholar, Professor Emeritus, Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Josh McDowell
Author, Speaker
Josh McDowell Ministries
Dallas, TX

Carol Meyers
Biblical Scholar, Excavator of Sepphoris, Professor Emerita, Religious Studies
Duke University
Durham, NC

Eric Meyers
Biblical Scholar, Excavator of Sepphoris, Professor Emeritus, Judaic Studies and Archaeology
Duke University
Durham, NC

Alan Millard
Biblical Scholar, Excavator of Petra
Professor Emeritus, Ancient Semitic Languages
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, UK

Steve Ortiz
Biblical Archaeologist, Excavator of Gezer, Professor, Biblical Archaeology
Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN

Stephen Pfann
President
University of the Holy Land, Director Nazareth Village Research Project
Jerusalem, Israel

Konstantinos Politis
Ancient Near Eastern Archaeologist, Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods
Excavator of Zoara/Safi in Jordan and Ra's al-Hadd in Oman
Chalkis, Greece

Nicolae Roddy
Biblical Scholar, Professor, Hebrew Bible
Creighton University
Omaha, NE

William Schniedewind
Biblical Scholar, Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Joe Seger
Excavator of Tell Halif, Professor Emeritus, Cobb Institute of Biblical Archaeology
Mississippi State University
Tuscon, AZ

Daniel Smith-Christopher
Biblical Scholar, Professor, Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA

Mark Smith
Biblical Scholar, Professor, Old Testament Literature and Exegesis
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ

Ron Tappy
Biblical Archaeologist, Professor Emeritus, Bible and Archaeology, Pittsburg Theological Seminary, Excavator of Tel Zayit
Pittsburgh, PA