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The story of Vendyl Jones

Vendyl M. Jones, a native of Sudan, Texas, has been excavating the
Caves of Qumran beside the Dead Sea for over twenty years.

Vendyl and his Jewish wife, Zahava, live in Qiryat Bialiq, Israel
and have their U.S. Office in Arlington, Texas. He holds both
American and Israeli citizenship although he is a Christian and
holds degrees in Divinity and Theology.

In 1977 Randolph Filmore, a free lance journalist volunteered to
work at Jones' Qumran Excavation. He wrote a script about Jones and
the excavation "In Search For The Ashes of The Red Heifer."

The script came out in the form of the movie "Raiders Of The Lost
Ark" with another "Indiana Jones."

"That is a great movie," says Vendyl. "The main difference is that
the show was really a drag as compared to our excavation. More than
anything else, that was `fiction' while our excavation is fact."

In April, 1967, Vendyl moved his late wife, Lois, and five children
to Israel so he could enroll in Hebrew University Department of
Jewish Studies.

His studies were interrupted in June '67 by the Six Day War. June
16, 1967 issue of TIME magazine featured Jones "as the only American
to fight with the Israeli Army."

Though color blind, he volunteered as a forward observer and in a
matter of minutes on the front lines he spotted four Jordanian anti-
personnel bunkers and sixty-six anti-tank bunkers that the Israeli
Army had not seen.

"I had a ring-side seat for half the duration of the war --- three
days." He also served in the 1982 conflict in Lebanon.

He remains active in high tech Israel defense projects, but refuses
to discuss their particulars.

The Israeli Government commissioned Jones to do a texts information
for the Israel tour guide course at Hebrew University. The project
was extended to his being appointed as Southwest Director of the
Government Tourist Office to develop college consortium programs
between the Americans and Israeli universities in archaeological
excavations in the Land.
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Jones is considered as a foremost authority in Judaism as well as
the geography, history and archaeology of the Land of Israel. In
addition to his studies in Judaica at Hebrew University, he studied
in the Lubervitchur Chabad Yeshiva and in Beit Kabballah, the two
most Orthodox Rabbinic schools in Israel.

He pioneered the concept of Covenant Plurality which has of recent
been accepted in three major denominations. "Covenant Plurality"
says Jones, "is very simple. You simply interpret the Bible in the
plain, ordinary, simple and normal meaning of the words. Don't add
unstated meaning or `spiritualize' the passages. Define the words
based on the root of the original tongue.

Interpret the words based on the hermeneutical principles of each
particular level. Do not conjure theological expressions into the
text that are not stated.

If one follows these principles he will conclude that every covenant
God made with mankind is eternal and as valid today as when it was
spoken."

"Jesus did not alter one jot or tittle of the Law and Prophets.
Therefore, the church had no right to do so four centuries later as
the Byzantine church fathers did. Nor do we have the right to do so
today. If Jesus did not change it, theologians have no authority to
do so."

"Covenant Plurality" means, that when God makes a deal He keeps it,
and he did not put all his eggs in one basket.

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