Rev. Dr. Ilya Lizorkin is a lecturer in Old Testament and Jewish Studies at Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary in Nazareth, Israel. He holds M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary (USA), M.Phil. in Bible Interpretation and D.Phil. in Ancient Cultures from Stellenbosch University (South Africa). In 2008-2009 he completed a visiting research fellowship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). Prior to that (2007-2008) he was a guest student at University of Pennsylvania (USA) and Princeton Theological Seminary (USA).