Old Testament; biblical archaeology; biblical backgrounds; Hebrew language and literature; Greek language and literature; Egyptology; Near Eastern archaeology; Classical archaeology; women in the Bible and the Early Church; Islam; Middle Eastern History; Medieval History; the Seven Churches of Revelation
Ph.D., Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology – University of California, Berkeley - 1992
M.A., Hebrew Language and Literature – Institute of Holy Land Studies/Jerusalem University College -1982
M.A., History – San Francisco State University - 1973
B.A., Social Welfare – San Francisco State University – 1968
B349XL How to Understand and Apply the Bible
BHST251: Archaeology of the Old Testament
BHST252: Archaeology of the New Testament
BIBL101: Christian Foundations I
BIBL215: Introduction to Biblical Languages
BIBL249: Biblical Interpretation
BIBL301: Biblical Literature: Exodus-Deuteronomy
BLG225: Hebrew Language and Literature
CM431XL: Biblical Foundations of Ethics
NT380XL: Life of Christ/Gospels
NT408: Romans
NT408XL: Epistle to the Romans
NT410XL: Acts
OT238: Exodus
OT302: Psalms
OT331XL: Old Testament History
OT341: Deuteronomy
OT358: Conquest and Settlement
OT358: Isaiah
OT363: Minor Prophets of the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.
OT368: Jeremiah
OT374: History and Literature of the Intertestamental Period
OT401: Genesis
OT404: Wisdom Literature
OT411: Exilic Prophets
OT480: Capstone Course for the Old Testament
Hargis, Merilyn and Jeff Hargis (1998). Hindsight Tour Guide of Israel and Jordan.
Hargis, Merilyn. On the Road: The Inns and Outs of Travel in First Century Palestine, Christian History and Biography, 59 (1998).
Barton Fellowship at the Albright Institute of Archaeology, Jerusalem, 1990
Who’s Who in American Teachers Award 2002-2006
Member: Evangelical Theological Society, Biblical Archaeology Society, Near Eastern Studies Society
Board Member: University of the Holy Lands, Becoming What God Intended Ministries