Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary
Sunday, August 01, 2010
To All the World for Jesus' Sake
   
On April 23-24, 2009 MABTS will host a conference on “Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” This conference will include world class archaeologists, authors, and researchers as well as Old and New Testament scholars. The speakers will include Kirk Kilpatrick, Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Dean of the Masters and Associates Program, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary; Peter Flint, Canada Research Chair of the Dead Sea Scrolls; Director, Dead Sea Scrolls Institute; and Professor of Religious Studies, Trinity Western University; Stephen Ortiz, Associate Professor of Archaeology and Biblical Backgrounds and Director of the Charles C. Tandy Archaeology Museum, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Lawrence H. Schiffman, renowned author and the Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor in Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University; Michael R. Spradlin, President, Chairman and Professor of Evangelism; Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Practical Theology, and Church History, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary; Emanuel Tov, renowned author, Department of the Bible, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; James Clair Vanderkam, renowned author; and John A. O’Brien Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame; and Steven L. Cox, Professor of the New Testament and Greek, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary.
 
                                                                                                       
 
The registration cost is $25 for students, $30.00 for alumni, and $50 for others. Registration includes snacks and a banquet meal. Meal selections will be either beef, chicken or kosher.  The conference and banquet will be held on the MABTS campus.  On April 23, the conference runs from 2:00 p.m. through 9:30 p.m. (the banquet will be from 5:45 through 6:45 p.m.) and on April 24, the conference runs from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  For a registration form, click here.  To register and pay online, click here.  For a schedule, click here.  We have blocked rooms at the following hotels:
 
Wingate
2270 North Germantown Parkway
Memphis, TN 38016
901-386-1110
Total= 80 rooms
$92.99
 
Hampton Inn & Suites
2935 N. Germantown Road
Bartlett, TN 38133-4001
901-382-2050
Total= 25 rooms
$119.00
 
Fairfield Inn & Suites
6010 Macon Cove
Memphis, TN 38134
901-384-0010
Total= 30 rooms
$89.95
 
Hyatt Place
7905 Giacosa Place
Memphis, TN 38133
901-371-0010 ext. 5103
$119.00
 
For more information please view upcoming announcements on the MABTS website www.mabts.edu or call Dr. Steven Cox at 901-751-3020 or email Dr. Cox at scox@mabts.edu.