The American Institute For Advanced Biblical Studies was founded in 1991 as a specialty college in the field of Middle Eastern history. Originally, a consortium of fifteen scholars, thirteen of which have Ph.D. degrees from major universities, worked together to provide a unique four year curriculum for a limited body of students. Because the Institute is a training center for biblical teachers and laymen relating to Middle Eastern history, it prepares the participants with detailed information on the land of Israel, both modern and ancient.
This project was conceived in 1986 when Dr. Ron Moseley, now the President of the American Institute, began to travel and discover specialists in the five major fields relating to Middle Eastern history. These fields of study include linguistics (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek), Jewish culture, geography, archaeology, history of the Middle East, professional writing, lectures and scholarly exchange. After finding the scholars, Dr. Moseley then traveled to their universities, enrolled and studied under these mentors personally. These institutions included the Hebrew University (Jerusalem), the Jerusalem University in Jerusalem, Princeton, the University of Texas, Oxford and several others.
The policy of quality education at the American Institute is achieved by several unusual, but highly effective methods of study. These scholars provide enough hours through lectures, videos, and personal time, in their specialized fields, during a period of four years (eight semesters) to guarantee a limited group of students a distinguished degree from some of the best specialist in their fields.
The American Institute is incorporated in the state of Arkansas as an independent, non-profit institution of higher education, awarding a specialized four-year Bachelor of Religious Education in Middle Eastern Studies Degree, and a Master of Religious Education in Middle Eastern Studies Degree.
Statement of Faith from the American Institute Charter
...The general purpose of the corporation shall be to conduct an institution of higher learning for the specific education in the field of Middle Eastern History relating to Israel and to all of its Biblical related fields; giving special emphasis to the Christian faith as it was originally conceived as a part of Judaism in the first century A.D. refuting and denying all atheistic, agnostic, pagan, and neo-scientific alterations of the Scriptures. We affirm the teaching of the inspiration of the Bible (both Original and New Testaments), the creation of man by the act of God, the incarnation and virgin birth of Jesus of Nazareth as the Jewish Messiah. We affirm His vicarious atonement for the sins of the world, by shedding of the Messiah’s blood on the cross as the innocent for the unjust and the resurrection of His body from the tomb. We affirm the power of salvation from sin, based upon the individual’s repentance and faith, (total dependence) in God’s grace (mercy and forgiveness), through Jesus the Messiah—the redemptive factor of God.