Name: Rev. Hanna Katanacho
Position:   Full-time instructor; Director of Academic Programs at the Galilee Extension
Education:   PhD (2007), Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL; M-Div (1999), Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL; MA (1996) in Old Testament, Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL; BS (1992), Bethlehem University in Bethlehem, Palestine
Number of years with BBC faculty:    5 years
Courses for Spring 2008:

Ministry: On-call pastor for the Baptist Church of Nazareth and the Alliance Church in Jerusalem . Also involved in church-planting activities in the Galilee.
Other: Rev. Hanna has published several books and articles, as well as helped translate others. His most recent publications include his PhD dissertation on Psalm 86 as well as a book on the seven "I AM" sayings in the gospel of John. He and his wife, Dina, published a book exploring the role and status of the Christian woman in Palestine/Israel, available in Arabic. His translations include Systematic Theology: and Introdcution to Biblical Doctrine by Wayne Grudem from English to Arabic; The Christian Curriculum textbook series, The Life and Teachings of Jesus Level 8/9, by Dr. Salim Munayer, which has been distributed to local public and private schools within the Palestinian Authority and in Jerusalem . A fuller list of Dr. Katanacho's work, as well as links to his articles, is available at http://www.katanacho.com/resume.shtml.

Awards: Hanna has been awarded
Billy Graham Scholarship (1995-96)
Phi Beta Kappa Award (1996)
David & Sylvia Bacon Memorial Scholarship (2003)
Center for Theological Understanding Scholarship (2004)
James Fox Memorial Award (2006)
John Stott Ministries Scholarship (2002-2006)
Christian International Scholarship Foundation (2005-2006)

DOB:     4 June 1967
Place of birth:   Jerusalem
Personal status:   Married, three child (Immanuel, Jonathan, Chris)