Administration

• R. William Dixon, Ph.D.
  Nasi Emeritus, Semikha Examiner

Advisory & Support

• Hashem
• David R. Grate, Th.D., M.Div., MS.Ed.
• Christina Oakes, Course Developer & Researcher

Faculty

MJR has a 3-tier faculty. Instructors who hold a graduate degree are full Professors, while those with an undergraduate degree are Associate Professors and those who teach without formal education (but have been deemed suitable based on halakha,  life experience, and depth of informal study) are Morim (Instructors). There is no difference in pay scale, but academic tradition recognizes level of study by differentiation in the honorific. 

• Spencer Kasten, Psy.Th.D.
  Professor of Theophostic Counseling
• David Negley, B.A.
  Associate Professor of Jewish Literature
• Brian Tice, M.Sci.
  Semikha Examiner, Professor of Jewish Studies & Languages
• Carmen Welker, B.Sci.
  Associate Professor of Jewish Apologetics

*Several faculty positions are currently available.

Guest Lecturers

MJR offers a few courses taught by professors at other institutions via pre-recorded lecture series. These are offered at the host institution’s tuition rate. The lecturers on this list are well-esteemed in their respective fields.

• Steven C. Hallam. Ph.D. (Syriac)
  Chair of the General Education Department
  Alaska Christian College
  Soldotna, Alaska
• Oded Lipschits, Ph.D. (Jewish History)
  Director, Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology
  Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Asher Susser, Ph.D. (Modern Middle East Studies)
  Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
  Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Miles Van Pelt, Ph.D. (Aramaic)
  Professor of Biblical Languages
  Reformed Theological Seminary
  Jackson, Memphis, & Brazil
• Michael Williams, Ph.D. (Ugaritic)
  Professor of Old Testament
  Calvin Theological Seminary
  Grand Rapids, Michigan