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BYU Jerusalem Center

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BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center
Phone:
+972 2-626-5666

Address:
Hadassah Lampel #1 | Across from Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies , situated on Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, is a satellite campus of Brigham Young University , the largest religious university in the United States. Owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , the center provides a curriculum that focuses on Old and New Testament, ancient and modern Near Eastern studies, and language . Classroom study is built around field trips that cover the Holy Land, and the program is open to qualifying full-time undergraduate students at either BYU, BYU-Idaho, or BYU-Hawaii.Plans to build a center for students were announced by LDS Church president Spencer W. Kimball in 1979. By 1984, the church had obtained a 49-year lease on the land and had begun construction. The center's prominent position on the Jerusalem skyline quickly brought it notice by the religious conservatives, or Haredim, of Israel. Protests and opposition to the building of the center springing from the Haredim made the issue of building the center a national and even international issue. After several investigative committees of Israel's Knesset reviewed and debated the issue, Israeli officials decided to allow the center's construction to continue in 1986. The center opened to students in May 1988 and was dedicated by Howard W. Hunter on May 16, 1989. It did not admit students from 2001 to 2006 due to security issues during the Second Intifada but continued to provide tours for visitors and weekly concerts.
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