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BYU Jerusalem Center highlights history of peace, conflict

June 02, 2021 12:00 AM
In 1979, aboard a Greek ship called the Stella Solaris, President Spencer W. Kimball, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Quorum of the Twelve announced to a small group of students that Brigham Young University would build a permanent educational and religious complex in Jerusalem. The center would later be known as the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.
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Education Week: Google Earth can enhance scripture study

August 19, 2015 12:00 AM
A screenshot of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, taken by Google Earth.
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