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During June 2003 we were delighted to have Prof. Terry Blodgett and his wife Cheryl visit us and present a lecture in Whangarei and also in Auckland at the BI Men�s Group. It was very successful and we were very impressed with the findings of Prof. Blodgett in regards to the linguistic link between the modern Israelite languages and their parent language - Hebrew!

TRACING THE MIGRATIONS OF THE ISRAELITES
THROUGH LINGUISTICS, HERALDRY & MYTHOLOGY

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOST 10 TRIBES? - When the Israelites were taken captive or fled their homes in advance of the Assyrian conquest of Israel around 720 BC, they didn't return to their homeland. Where did they go? Much speculation has surrounded their disappearance, and recently, historians and scholars have begun to uncover the fascinating trails left by these 'lost' Israelites.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - Have the Israelites 'died out'? Are they represented only by the Jewish people?

IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW? - One third of the Bible is prophecy, and many scriptures relate to Israel at the 'time of the end'. Are these prophecies 'a waste of space', or did God intend that the identity of Israel would finally be known?

RESUME PROF. TERRY BLODGETT, PhD

PROF. DR. TERRY BLODGETT (a brief outline)
Prof. Blodgett, a specialist in the study of linguistics, has carefully pieced together information we believe you will find fascinating and thought provoking.
He has given over 100 public presentations to Lion's Clubs, Rotary International, literary clubs, religious groups, faculty and students of languages, archaeology, history, religion, and Biblical Hebrew studies. Prof. Blodgett has also written a book on the 4 migrations of Israel based on his intensive research.
After obtaining his B.A. (Utah) with a Major in German and Minor in Psychology, he continued numerous post-graduate studies, completing his Ph.D. (Utah) in 1981 with a Major in German Literature, and a Minor in Historical Linguistics. His Doctoral Dissertation was Phonological Similarities in Germanic and Hebrew. In 1983 he undertook Post Doctoral Studies in Civilization and Culture (University of Bonn, Germany).
Interests and languages studied: Linguistics, both Historical and Comparative; Ancient History, Archaeology, Middle Eastern Studies; Hebrew both Modern and Biblical; English History; and languages - English, Gothic, Old Norse, Anglo Saxon, Old High German, Latin, French, Spanish.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

1983 London, England, United Kingdom: a professional, scholarly presentation to the British Israel World Federation annual conference (lecture was in English; ca. 300 people present).

1995 Guest Lecturer by invitation: Department of Linguistics, Brigham Young University; Title of presentation: "Evidence that the Proto-Indo-European Language was Hebrew"

1996 A public presentation, "Israel's Migrations: Linguistic Evidence," sponsored by Dr. Arval L. Streadbeck, Dissertation Chairman, Department of Languages, University of Utah

1999 By invitation, keynote speaker, "The Four Sound Shifts of the Four Israelite Migrations," Shenandoah Valley Language and Linguistics Conference at Southern Virginia College Workshops/Seminars attended: "Middle Eastern Studies-Arabic" (Snowbird, UT), "German Historical Studies" (Tempe, AZ), "German Teaching Methodology" (New York), "German Literature and Existentialism" (Minneapolis, MN), "Teaching Foreign Languages" (Ogden, UT), "Teaching English as a Second Language" (St. George, UT), "German Culture and Civilization" (Bonn and Berlin, Germany), "Middle Eastern Studies-Judaic" (Denver, CO)