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Dr. Wilbur Williams
Religion & Philosophy
Office: Christian Ministries Center
Phone: (765) 677-2244
Email: wilbur.williams@indwes.edu |
Dr. Wilbur Glenn Williams has been a professor of Biblical Literature and Archaeology at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana for the past 33 years.
Dr. Williams has studied
in several institutions in the States, as well as England and
Israel. He has also worked for 9 years in printing and publishing,
5 years of which was spent as Circulation Manager of a New York
based newspaper with a 300,000 circulation.Dr. Williams was
Editorial Director of the Highley printing company for 13 years.
His responsibilities were to oversee the publication of two complete
lines of Sunday School Literature. During that time he was the
editor of 15 volumes of Sunday School Commentaries. For 13 years
he was the host of a daily 45 minute call-in radio show called
ACTION LINE over the ABC station WGOM in Marion, Indiana. He
was often called "Marion's Paul Harvey."
Dr. Williams assisted in the making of a multi-media project
in Israel for the Kiwanis International Travelogue, producing
"Israel, Country of Contrasts" for them. Dr. Williams
also participated in making the film, "In the Footsteps
of Jesus," playing the part of Jesus.
He is a frequent contributor to "The Advocate," "Illustrated
Bible Life," "Daily Bread," and other religious
periodicals. He has published "From Sand to Glass,"
a book of poems he has written, "Finding Your Maximum Happiness,"
a study on the Ten Commandments, and a commentary on Genesis.
Dr. Williams has been active on Indian archaeological digs in
this country but more active on excavations in Israel and North
Africa. He has dug for over 30 years in such cities as Arad,
Aphek, Jerusalem, Carthage, Lachish, Megiddo, Jezreel and is
presently working at the Biblical city of Hazor where two palaces
have been found; one from the time of Joshua, and another from
the time of Abraham. It is known both palaces have clay tablet
archives which should soon come to light. He also takes groups
of people with him to dig at various archaeological sites each
summer. Three or four times a year he takes groups of Pilgrims
to Bible Lands to better explain the Bible and archaeology,
as well as to view the sites made famous by Jesus and the people
of the Old and New Testaments. Altogether he has gone to Israel
95 times. To learn more about Dr. Williams' tours visit his
Spiritual Odyssey web site
Dr. Williams has been elected "Professor of the Year"
or "Professor of Excellence" by the student body or
Administration of the University an unprecedented seven times.
For the last five years he has been selected as one of the Nation's
Best Teachers and listed in "Who's Who in America's Teachers."
Education
1951 - A.B., Indiana Wesleyan University
1957 - M.S., Butler University
1958-59 - Graduate Research, Manchester University (England)
1965 - M.A., New York University
1992 - D.D., Wesleyan College
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