Name: Dr. Salim Munayer
Position:  Academic dean, instructor on Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Ramle campuses
BBC alumnus:   No
Education:    PhD (2000) from Oxford Center for Mission Study and University of Cardiff in Wales, UK, MA in Missiology (1984) from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Graduate Studies in New Testament (1981) Pepperdine University, Malibu CA. BA in History & Geography (1979) from Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Number of years with BBC faculty:    19 years
Courses for Spring 2005:    Exegesis, Romans, Revelations, Book of Acts
Ministry:   Founder (1990) and director of Musalaha Reconciliation Ministries; adjunct faculty member at Israel College of the Bible; involved in leadership training for pastors in the Galilee and Jerusalem areas
Other:    Dr. Munayer is the author of a number of publications on the subjects of reconciliation, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and Christian Palestinian identity including five books. Most recently, he contributed a chapter to Complex Patterns of Cultural Allegiance: The Ethnic Identity of Palestinian Christian Arab Adolescents (2003). He is the director of BBC’s Christian Curriculum textbook series project, of which level 8/9 The Life and Teachings of Jesus has already been distributed to local schools and level 9/10 Survey of the Bible is in the final stages of graphic design. He provides periodic instruction in cross-cultural communication for international students and lectures on the conflict and the identity of Palestinian Christians for visitors to the Holy Land.
DOB:   8 July 1955
Place of birth:  Lod
Personal status:   Married, four children
Contact:  salim@netvision.net.il