Students attend International Bethsaida Conference

Truman students who had previously participated in the Middle East Study Abroad program were guests at the International Bethsaida Conference held November 14 – 16 at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. Keynote speakers were Prof. Gabriel Barkai from Jerusalem, well known researcher and archaeologist, who presented on the “Secrets of the Temple Mount” and Prof. Danel Kahn, former chair of the Department of Biblical Studies at Haifa University, who presented on “The Campaign of Sennacherib Against Judah.”   Seventeen other presenters were on the agenda including Dr. M. Appold who addressed the question “Was Jesus a Zealot?”

Pictured from left to right: Dr. Mark Appold, Ben Batzer, Heather Redel, Jordyn Williams, Brandon Bolte, Samantha Wickam, and Summer Jensen.