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Bat Kol Institute

“Bat Kol Institute for Jewish Studies” (founded in 1983) is a non-profit, international, ecumenical institution founded in response to Vatican II (Nostra Aetate), and subsequent explanatory documents (Guidelines ‘75; Notes '85) as a Center of Jewish Studies for Christians, in the heart of Jerusalem.

Bat Kol Institute
5 Otniel Street

Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 8030

9108001 Jerusalem

Telefax: +972 (0)2 650 7661

Website: www.batkol.info
E-mail: admin@batkol.info

Center for Biblical Formation

Biblical Studies in English, French and Spanish

Ecce Homo

41 Via Dolorosa

Jerusalem (Old City)
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 67597

9119001 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 627 7292
E-mail: registrar@biblical-program.com

Website: https://www.biblicalformationcentre.com/

Bethlehem Bible College

Annual Programs - September to May (Arabic)
Three - Week Program for Foreign Students (English)
Diploma in Tour Guiding - Diploma or B.A. degree preferred (English)
Two - Year Diploma in Mass Media (English & Arabic)

Hebron Road

Bethlehem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 11737

9111602 Jerusalem

Tel: +972(0)2 274 1190
Fax: +972 (0)2 274 3278
Email: info@bethbc.org
Website: www.bethbc.org

Saint George’s College

Study pilgrimages: Biblical orientation courses in the Holy Land, Jordan and Turkey. Programs are in English throughout the year.

Ministry Formation program for seminarians, clergy and lay people.

31 Salah El Deen Street
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 1248

9101201 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 626 4704
Fax: +972 (0)2 626 4703
Website: www.saintgeorgecollegejerusalem.com

Dormition Abbey

German Academic Study Program, Theological and Biblical Studies in German 

Beit Joseph - Mount Zion

Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 22

9100001 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 565 5300 (office)
Tel: +972 (0)2 565 5301 (dean)
Fax: +972 (0)2 565 5337

E-mail: studienjahr.sekretariat@dormitio.net

Websites: www.dormitio.net
Website: www.studienjahr.de
 

Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Française

Biblical and Archaeological Studies in French 
Required languages: French, German, Biblical Hebrew and Greek

83-85 Nablus Road

Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 19053

9119001 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 626 4468
Fax: +972 (0)2 628 2567
E-mail: secretariat.ebaf@gmail.com
Website: www.ebaf.edu

Institut Biblique Francophone

Biblical Studies 

20 Prophets Street

Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 1614

9101601 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)54 473 3092 
Fax: +972 (0)2 626 4497
E-mail: ruben00@netvision.net.il

Website: https://itj-ftj.com/

German Protestant Institute of Archaeology

Archaeological Studies (Eight - Week Course a Year)
For Graduates and Professors - German 

Mount of Olives - Augusta Victoria Compound

9118301 Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 18463

Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 628 4792
Fax: +972 (0)2 628 7388
E-mail: dei_ger@netvision.net.il
Website: www.deiahl.de

Jerusalem Center for Bible Translators and Scholars

Semester Long Courses, Short - Term Courses, Special Annual Courses and Independent Studies

Mailing address:

Jerusalem Center for Bible Translators
P.O. Box 40258
9140102 Mevasseret Zion

 

Tel: +972 (0)2 579 0201
Fax: +972 (0)2 533 3793
E-mail: bibletranslators@jerusalemschool.org 
Website: www.bibletranslators.org

Jerusalem University College (American)

Graduate Programs: M.A. in Biblical History and Geography, Middle Eastern Culture and Religion, Hebrew and Cognate Languages, Hebraic Roots of Christianity
Undergraduate Courses: Archaeology, History, Geography, Hebrew, Modern Middle Eastern Studies, New Testament 
2/3/6 week study programs

Mount Zion, Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 1276

9101202 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 671 8628
Fax: +972 (0)2 673 2717

E-mail: admissions@juc.edu
Website: www.juc.edu

Kenyon Institute (Formerly British School of Archaeology)

For research students and scholars in the Archaeology of the 
Levant (English)

15 Mount of Olives Road

Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 19283

9119201 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 582 8101
Fax: +972 (0)2 532 3844
E-mail: info@kenyon-institute.org.uk 
Website: www.kenyon-institute.org.uk

Pontifical Biblical Institute

Affiliated with the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome as an academic
institute for its faculty and students when doing research or study in the Holy Land.
July - Feb: regular students in program at Hebrew University 
Feb - June: regular students in program at Ecole Biblique (English, 
Italian, Hebrew)
Feb - June: Special biblical and spiritual programs for Jesuits

Contact:
3 Paul-Emile Botta Street

Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 497

9100401 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 625 2843
Fax: +972 (0)2 624 1203
E-mail:admipib@gmail.com

Rothberg International School (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Program for International students.

M.A. programs: Jewish Studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, 
Biblical and Religious Studies. 

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Boyar Building (Mt. Scopus)
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 24100

9124002 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 588 2607
Fax: +972 (0)2 582 7078
Email: info@roth.mscc.huji.ac.il

Website: https://overseas.huji.ac.il

Latin Patriarchate Seminary

BA in Philosophy (French & Arabic)
BA in Theology (French & Arabic)

Beit Jala
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 14152

9114101 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 274 2612
Fax: +972 (0)2 277 7747
Email: info@latinseminary.org 
Website: www.latinseminary.org

JERUSALEM SEMINARY

Semester courses, Short-term courses in English (and in Hebrew for Biblical Hebrew only). Biblical Studies and Ministry Formation for seminarians, pastors and lay people through JS' School of the Bible. Communicative Biblical Hebrew courses through JS' School of Hebrew

55 HaNevi’im Street, Jerusalem


Mailing Address:
P.O Box 37057
91370 Jerusalem
Tel: +972 (0)2 567 6500
Email: info@jerusalemseminary.org
Website: www.jerusalemseminary.org

 

Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF)

Faculty of Biblical Sciences and Archaeology of the Pontifical
University "Antonianum"

Degrees: Licentiate (S.S.L.) and Doctoral (S.S.D.)

Diplomas: Oriental Biblical Studies, Archaeology and in Biblical Formation, Biblical Languages

1 Via Dolorosa

Jerusalem (Old City)
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 19424

9119301 Jerusalem


Tel: +972 (0)2 627 0485
Fax: +972 (0)2 626 4519
E-mail: secretary@studiumbiblicum.org
Website: www.sbf.custodia.org

Studium Theologicum Jerosolymitanum (STJ)

Theological and Biblical Studies (Italian)

1 St. Francis Street

Jerusalem (Old City)
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 186

9100101 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 626 6787
Fax: +972 (0)2 626 2148
E-mail: segreteria.stj@custodia.org
E-mail: moderatore.stj@custodia.org

Studium Theologicum Salesianum

Salesian Pontifical University: Faculty of Theology - Jerusalem Campus (Affiliated to the Faculty of the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome)

26 Shmuel Hanaggid Street

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 7336

9107202 Jerusalem
Tel: +972 (0)2 625 9171
Fax: +972 (0)2 625 9172
E-mail: secretary@jerusalem.unisal.it
Website: www.jerusalem.unisal.it

Swedish Theological Institute

Jewish and Biblical Studies, Eastern Churches, Lectures
(Swedish & English) - Study of Ancient and Modern Hebrew

58 Prophets Street , Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 37

910001 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 625 3822
Fax: +972 (0)2 625 4460
E-mail: sti@swedtheol.co.il
Website: www.svenskakyrkan.se/sti

Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies
University of Notre Dame

All-year program for junior and senior scholars with their dissertations or research-writing projects in English

Continuing Education/Spiritual Formation for clergy, religion teachers, theological students & church workers in English

1 HaRosmarin Street
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 11381

9111301 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 676 0911
Fax: +972 (0)2 676 0914
E-mail: tantur@netvision.net.il
Website: www.tantur.org

Bethlehem University - Saint Cyril Catechetical Program

Two - Year Course (two afternoons each week) - Arabic/English

Bethlehem University (Faculty of Education)
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 11407

9111301 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 274 1241 ext. 204
Fax: +972 (0)2 274 4440
E-mail: info@bethlehem.edu
Website: www.bethlehem.edu

University of the Holy Land

Center for the Studies of Early Christianity Administrative Office is located at Tantur, 1104 HaRozmarin, Gilo

M.A. degrees in N.T. and Early Christianity; Old Testament and Culture of Ancient Israel; Inter-testamental History and Literature/Dead Sea Scrolls; Cultural Anthropology/Pilgrimages Studies, and Archaeology

Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 24084

9124002 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 645 3570
Fax: +972 (0)2 645 3621
E-mail: connect@uhl.ac
Website: www.uhl.ac

W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeology

For research work in Archaeology mainly in English - Academic year

26 Salah Eddin Street
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 19096

9119002 Jerusalem

Tel: +972 (0)2 628 2131
Fax: +972 (0)2 626 4424
E-mail: albrightinstitute@aiar.org
Website: www.aiar.org