Dr. James Tabor is a tenured Full Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he has taught Christian Origins and Ancient Judaism since 1989. He served as Chair of the Department from 2004-2014. His Ph.D. is from the University of Chicago. He previously taught at the University of Notre Dame (1979-1985) and the College of William and Mary (1985-1989). Tabor has combined his work on ancient texts with extensive field archaeology work, including work at Qumran, Sepphoris, Masada, Wadi el-Yabis in Jordan, and Jerusalem, with 65 trips to Israel. The past two decades he has teamed up with with Shimon Gibson to excavate the “John the Baptist” cave at Suba, the “Tomb of the Shroud” discovered in 2000, and the Mt Zion excavation in Jerusalem since 2007. Most recently, he has held excavation licenses to explore the controversial Talpiot “Jesus” tombs in Jerusalem. Tabor has published over 50 peer reviewed academic articles and seven books:Things Unutterable (Brown University, 1985), A Noble Death (HarperColins,1992), Why Waco: Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America (University of California Press, 1995), The Jesus Dynasty: A New Historical Investigation of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity (Simon & Schuster, 2006), Restoring Abrahamic Faith (2008), The Jesus Discovery: The New Archaeological Find that Reveals the Birth of Christianity (Simon & Schuster, 2012), and Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity (Simon & Schuster, 2012). He is currently finishing a new book, The Lost Mary: How the Jewish Mother of Jesus Become the Virgin Mother of God, to be published with Knopf in 2018. Dr. Tabor has served as President of United Israel World Union since 2003 and was instrumental in setting up the Charlotte, NC executive offices and the David Horowitz Memorial Library. You can find links to all of Dr. Tabor’s web pages, books, published articles, and projects at jamestabor.com.

Ross Nichols is a Vice President for United Israel World Union and the Editor of the United Israel Bulletin. He is an ordained minister of the Hebrew Faith, and leads the United Israel Center South in Saint Francisville, Louisiana. His weekly lessons are live streamed every Sabbath over the United Israel Facebook page to a global audience. Archives of his teachings are available on the United Israel website, the United Israel Facebook Page, and iTunes. His classes are biblically based and introduce his audience to the literature, language, and land of the Hebrew Bible. Ross has traveled to Israel, where he has toured extensively – leading and co-leading tours for both Jews and Christians. He has participated in archaeological digs at Dig Mount Zion in Jerusalem, and at Biblical Tamar. Ross has also performed volunteer projects in the desert region of Israel. Ross is an ardent Zionist. He is active in the Anti BDS movement and works on many fronts to present the Jewish State in a positive light. He was recently part of a six-person delegation from United Israel at the United Nations, Ambassadors Against BDS conference learning ways to counter those who seek to promote boycotts, divestments, and sanctions against Israel through propaganda and other false media efforts. Ross has been the guest on several internet radio shows, both as a guest and commentator on various biblical subjects. He is also a co-host for Israel News Talk Radio with Jono Vandor of Truth2U on Israel On My Mind, a program that showcases the ‘good news’ stories from Israel, awesome Israeli technical inventions, and other stories of interest for the many people who support Israel. You can find links to all of Ross’ work at http://rossknichols.com/.

David Tyler is a member of the Board of Directors for United Israel World Union. He is an ordained minister of the Hebrew Faith and is a founding member of the United Israel World Union’s Northeast Unit in New York.
As the CEO of Advanced Automation Corporation (AAC) Mr. Tyler is responsible for the operation of an 80-person company that focuses on unique out of the box solutions for military applications. David is a visionary that sees how to apply state of the art technology to the tip of the spear. For the past 32 years AAC has been at the forefront of some amazing solutions that added significant capabilities for the US Military. Mr. Tyler has over 30 years of experience in the electrical engineering and computer science fields. He has performed research in the areas of information modeling of computer systems and their operational behavior. He works with the DoE at Sandia National Laboratory on Special Operations programs and their search for game changing technology. Mr. Tyler has participated in overseas programs and operations for the US and partner nations, including NATO, Israel, the UK, Canada, and Australia. AAC assisted in an Israeli company, Advanced Logistics Developments (ALD) of Rishon LeZion, Israel sell software and services to primarily the US DoD and its contractors.
Mr. Tyler has coauthored a book for the Elsevier Press for IEEE entitled; “Mission-Critical and Safety–Critical Systems Handbook (Design and Development for Embedded Applications)” that was published in December 2009.
Education: BS and MS in Theoretical Computer Science from SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Marcy, NY, Selected MS EE and Mathematics Courses from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and the Enterprise Architecting Lecture Series from MIT, Cambridge, MA, as well as an AAS EET from MVCC Utica, NY.
Personal Activities: Mr. Tyler is an avid supporter of archaeology and has been on the fund-raising side of the current University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) excavation on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. David also supported the development of the UIWU Center in Biblical Tamar at the Blossoming Rose Park in Ir Ovot, in the Arava of Israel.