{"id":1108,"date":"2025-10-19T16:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:03:40","slug":"john-black","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/john-black\/","title":{"rendered":"john-black"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1108\" class=\"elementor elementor-1108\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fa3fa7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fa3fa7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfe3f40\" data-id=\"cfe3f40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5a953 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f5a953\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>John Black<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09e4c82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09e4c82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c202553\" data-id=\"c202553\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b58e76 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7b58e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/john_black.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1110\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/john_black.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/john_black-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">John Black<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Lecturer in Bible and Historical Geography<br><br \/><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e63bf2b\" data-id=\"e63bf2b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1986b30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1986b30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>STUDIES:\n<\/b><br \/>Ph.D. Studies, Bar-Ilan University;<br \/>\nTh. M., Dallas Theological Seminary.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>PROFILE\n<\/b><br \/>Former Senior Pastor in Maine.<br \/>\nIn his spare time, John enjoys exploring ancient sites in the land of Israel with his family, relaxing on the beach with friends, and training for half marathons.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>SELECT PUBLICATIONS:<\/b><br \/>\n<ul>\n \t<li class=\"li1\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Helvetica;\">Black, J., \u201cUnlocking the Secrets of Libnah,\u201d in <i>The Jerusalem Post Christian Edition<\/i> (2013).<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Helvetica;\">Black, J., \u201cRecent Finds in Jerusalem Back Accounts of Roman Siege,\u201d in <i>The Jerusalem Post Christian Edition<\/i> (2013).<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Helvetica;\">Black, J., \u201cThe Book of John and \u2018the Jews,\u2019\u201d in <i>The Jerusalem Post Christian Edition<\/i> (2013).<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Helvetica;\">Black, J., \u201cJerusalem Finds Validating Gospel of John,\u201d in <i>The Jerusalem Post Christian Edition<\/i> (2013).<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Helvetica;\">Black, J., \u201cFootprints of Ancient Israel: Unusual Stone Circles May Mark Biblical \u2018Gilgal,\u2019\u201d in <i>The Jerusalem Post Christian Edition<\/i> (2013).<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Black John Black Lecturer in Bible and Historical Geography STUDIES: Ph.D. Studies, Bar-Ilan University; Th. 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