The Jerusalem School of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is moving toward completion and will soon be a reality–the only American institution of its kind in Israel, Dr. Nelson Glueck, College-Institute president, announced here today.
Dr. William F. Albright, dean of American Biblical archaeologists and Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, has been appointed first Professor of Biblical Archaeology at the Jerusalem School, Dr. Glueck said. He will take up his post when the HUC-JIR Graduate School of Biblical Research and Archaeology opens its first academic year in 1961. While intended primarily for faculty, alumni and students of the College-Institute, the Jerusalem School will be open to other qualified graduate scholars as well.
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