Ingvill Plesner

Plesner has a post doc-position at the University of Oslo related to conflict management between religions and governmental laws. She wrote her doctoral thesis “Freedom of religion or belief: A quest for state neutrality?” at the Norwegian Center for Human Rights.

James Standish

James Standish has been the editor of the Magazine Liberty for many years, which covers issues relating to religious liberty. For seven years he also worked for the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference as director of Legislative Affairs.

Last year he worked for the American government as an executive director of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a non-partisan federal agency advising the White House and Congress. Now he is back at the Adventist General Conference as liaison to the United Nations, still working with issues relating to religious liberty.

Jiri Moskala

Jiří Moskala is professor of Old Testament exegesis and theology at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.  He joined the faculty in 1999.

Born in Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic, Moskala received his bachelor of arts in 1976, master of theology in 1979, and doctor of theology in 1990, all from the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University, Czech Republic.  His dissertation was entitled: “The Book of Daniel and the Maccabean Thesis: The Problem of Authorship, Unity, Structure, and Seventy Weeks in the Book of Daniel (A Contribution to the Discussion on Canonical Apocalyptics)” and was published in the Czech language.

In 1998, he completed his doctor of philosophy from Andrews University.  His dissertation is entitled: “The Laws of Clean and Unclean Animals of Leviticus 11: Their Nature, Theology, and Rationale (An Intertextual Study)” and has been published under the same title.

Prior to coming to Andrews, Moskala served in various capacities (ordained pastor, administrator, teacher, and principal) in the Czech Republic.

He is a member of different theological societies and has authored or edited a number of articles and books in the Czech and English languages.  In addition, he has participated in several archaeological expeditions in Tell Jalul, Jordan.

Moskala is married to Eva Moskalova.  They have five grown children (Andrea, Marcela, Petra, Daniel, and David) and three sons-in-law (Michael, Jonathan, and Gregory).

Lasse Stølen (workshop)

Bjørn Hauge (workshop)