Courses
HEB 380C • The Bible In Hebrew III-Wb
41285 • Spring 2021
Meets T 2:00PM-5:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
Please contact the graduate coordinator for more information.
MES 342 • Biblical Prophecy-Wb
40985 • Spring 2021
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM
Internet; Synchronous
GCWr
(also listed as J S 363)
Please check back for updates.
R S 313C • Intro To The Old Testament-Wb
41794 • Fall 2020
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM
Internet; Synchronous
GC
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HEB 130D • Hebrew Across Disciplines
40230 • Fall 2019
Students read and discuss Hebrew language materials related to the subject matter of another designated course.
HEB 130D • Hebrew Across Disciplines
41227 • Fall 2018
Students read and discuss Hebrew language materials related to the subject matter of another designated course.
MEL 301 • Gateway To The Middle East
41385 • Fall 2018
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM MEZ 1.120
GC
This course is a lecture-based survey course aimed to introduce students to major themes in Middle Eastern Studies. This year, the course covers four themes. During two of the weekly meetings, various members of the faculty will offer lectures relating to one of these themes, concentrating on their period, geographical area, and field of research. The third meeting of the week will be dedicated to discussing the lectures comparatively, in view of both distinct features and overarching threads.
Texts
Texts will be posted on Blackboard
Grading Policy
Class attendance, participation and preparation: 20%
Postings on the website: 20%
Reports: 60%
HEB 380C • Bible In Hebrew III
41020 • Spring 2018
Meets TH 3:30PM-6:30PM CAL 528E
Please contact the graduate coordinator for more information.
MEL 383 • Comparative Semitic Grammar
41279 • Spring 2018
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM GAR 2.124
Please contact the graduate coordinator for more information.
UGS 303 • Writing, Scripts, And Literacy
63775-63800 • Fall 2017
Meets MW 12:00PM-1:00PM JGB 2.216
GC
ID
The Signature Course (UGS 302 and 303) introduces first-year students to the university’s academic community through the exploration of new interests. The Signature Course is your opportunity to engage in college-level thinking and learning.
MES 310 • Intro To The Old Testament
41875 • Spring 2017
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM JES A209A
GC
(also listed as J S 311, R S 313C)
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MEL 301 • Gateway To The Middle East
41525 • Fall 2016
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM PMA 5.120
GC
This course is a lecture-based survey course aimed to introduce students to major themes in Middle Eastern Studies. This year, the course covers four themes. During two of the weekly meetings, various members of the faculty will offer lectures relating to one of these themes, concentrating on their period, geographical area, and field of research. The third meeting of the week will be dedicated to discussing the lectures comparatively, in view of both distinct features and overarching threads.
Texts
Texts will be posted on Blackboard
Grading Policy
Class attendance, participation and preparation: 20%
Postings on the website: 20%
Reports: 60%
UGS 303 • Writing, Scripts, And Literacy
63995-64050 • Fall 2016
Meets MW 12:00PM-1:00PM CMA 2.306
ID
The Signature Course (UGS 302 and 303) introduces first-year students to the university’s academic community through the exploration of new interests. The Signature Course is your opportunity to engage in college-level thinking and learning.
HEB 380C • Bible In Hebrew IV
40669 • Spring 2016
Meets W 1:00PM-4:00PM PAR 305
MEL 321 • Biblical Prophecy
40890 • Spring 2016
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM MEZ 1.120
GC
(also listed as CTI 375, J S 363, MES 342, R S 353)
The course introduces students to the variety of prophetic types in the Old Testament, their development through history and their parallels in Near Eastern Literature.
Texts
Bible Petersen, D. L. (2002). The Prophetic Literature: an introduction. Louisville, KY, Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 978-0664254537
Grading
20% Class attendance, participation and preparation. 20% 2 review papers. 30% Midterm. 30% Final exam.
MES 310 • Intro To The Old Testament
41070 • Spring 2016
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM MEZ 2.124
GC
(also listed as CTI 305G, J S 311, R S 313C)
This class aims to introduce students to the modern study of the Hebrew Bible. The class will focus on the study of the Bible's history and literature and will explore the main methodologies used in its study. The final goal is to equip students for more advanced classes and research on the Hebrew Bible.
Texts/Readings
English Bible. The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version With the Apocrypha, Oxford University Press. OR: HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version, Harper One. Textbook:Coogan, M. D. (2011). The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. 2nd Edition. New York, Oxford University Press.
Grading Policy
25% Class attendance, participation and preparation
25% Quizzes
25% Midterm
25% Final exam
MEL 383 • Comparative Semitic Grammar
40760 • Fall 2015
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM PAR 305
(also listed as LIN 383)
A survey of the Semitic languages and a review of the basic features of their phonology, morphology, and syntax.
Texts
Campbell, Lyle. 2003. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT. Huehnergard, John. 2011. Comparative and Historical Semitic Grammar: An Introduction. Unpublished manuscript. Pdf on course website. Rubin, Aaron D. 2010. A Brief Introduction to the Semitic Languages. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias. Huehnergard, John. 2004. Afro-Asiatic and Semitic. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages, ed. Roger D. Woodard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 138–59. Reprinted in The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, ed. Roger D. Woodard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 225–46. Pdf on course website. Huehnergard, John. 2009. Trees and Waves: On the Classification of the Semitic Languages. Unpublished manuscript. Pdf on course website.
Grading Policy
Midterm exam: 25%
Final paper: 30%
Assignments (transliteration; consonants; reconstruction; lexicon): 25%
Class participation: 20%
HEB 380C • Bible In Hebrew IV
40590 • Spring 2015
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM CAL 422
Course Description
In a series of four courses, all Hebrew Bible/Ancient Near East graduate students will read the Hebrew Bible in its entirety, in Hebrew (and the small amount of Aramaic that also appears). This schedule amounts to approximately 30 pages of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia each week. In addition, each professor will stress some element of Biblical Hebrew or the Hebrew Bible, e.g., historical grammar or syntax. Conducted in English.
MEL 321 • Biblical Prophecy
40820 • Spring 2015
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM BEN 1.108
GC
(also listed as MES 342, R S 353)
The course introduces students to the variety of prophetic types in the Old Testament, their development through history and their parallels in Near Eastern Literature.
Texts
Bible Petersen, D. L. (2002). The Prophetic Literature: an introduction. Louisville, KY, Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 978-0664254537
Grading
20% Class attendance, participation and preparation. 20% 2 review papers. 30% Midterm. 30% Final exam.
MEL 301 • Gateway To The Middle East
41865 • Fall 2014
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM MEZ 2.124
GC
This course is a lecture-based survey course aimed to introduce students to major themes in Middle Eastern Studies. This year, the course covers four themes: "the self and other", "language and identity", "construction of leadership and authority" and "immigration and its aftermath". During two of the weekly meetings, various members of the faculty will offer lectures relating to one of these themes, concentrating on their period, geographical area and field of research. The third meeting of the week will be dedicated to discussing the lectures comparatively, in view of both distinct features and overarching threads.
Texts
Texts will be posted on Blackboard
Grading
Class attendance, participation and preparation: 20%
Postings on the website: 20%
Midterm exam: 20%
Final exam: 40%
MEL 380C • Syriac
41945 • Fall 2014
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM GDC 6.202
(also listed as MDV 392M)
Taught in English. Syriac is a Late Antique dialect of Aramaic, which is still used today in the Syriac orthodox church. It was once spoken over much of the middle east. Texts in this language are essential to the study of early Christianity on the region. This course covers the essentials of grammar needed for reading Ugaritic texts and concludes by reading texts from several genres. Prerequisites: familiarity with another Semitic language.Texts
Course book: J. F. Coakley, Robinson's Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, OUP.
Grading
Participation, preparation and assignments 40%Mid Term 30%Final 30%
HEB 380C • The Bible In Hebrew II
42060 • Spring 2014
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM CAL 22
In a series of four courses, all Hebrew Bible/Ancient Near East graduate students will read the Hebrew Bible in its entirety, in Hebrew (and the small amount of Aramaic that also appears). This schedule amounts to approximately 30 pages of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia each week. In addition, each professor will stress some element of Biblical Hebrew or the Hebrew Bible, e.g., historical grammar or syntax. Conducted in English.Prerequisite: Three years of Biblical Hebrew.
Texts
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
Grading
Class participation 50%
Research paper 50%
MES 310 • Intro To The Hebrew Bible
42485 • Spring 2014
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM WAG 201
GC
(also listed as CTI 310, J S 311, R S 313)
This class aims to introduce students to the modern study of the Hebrew Bible. The class will focus on the study of the Bible's history and literature and will explore the main methodologies used in its study. The final goal is to equip students for more advanced classes and research on the Hebrew Bible.
Texts
English Bible. The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version With the Apocrypha, Oxford University Press. OR: HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version, Harper One. Textbook:Coogan, M. D. (2011). The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. 2nd Edition. New York, Oxford University Press.
Grading
25% Class attendance, participation and preparation
25% Quizzes
25% Midterm
25% Final exam
MEL 301 • Gateway To The Middle East
42165 • Fall 2013
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM PAR 101
GC
This course is a lecture-based survey course aimed to introduce students to major themes in Middle Eastern Studies. This year, the course covers four themes: "the self and other", "language and identity", "construction of leadership and authority" and "immigration and its aftermath". During two of the weekly meetings, various members of the faculty will offer lectures relating to one of these themes, concentrating on their period, geographical area and field of research. The third meeting of the week will be dedicated to discussing the lectures comparatively, in view of both distinct features and overarching threads.
Texts
Texts will be posted on Blackboard
Grading
Class attendance, participation and preparation: 20%
Postings on the website: 20%
Midterm exam: 20%
Final exam: 40%
MEL 383 • Comparative Semitic Grammar
42215 • Fall 2013
Meets MW 9:30AM-11:00AM BEN 1.118
A survey of the Semitic languages and a review of the basic features of their phonology, morphology, and syntax.Prerequisite: Knowledge of two Semitic languages, or permission from instructor.
Texts
Campbell, Lyle. 2003. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT.Huehnergard, John. 2011. Comparative and Historical Semitic Grammar: An Introduction. Unpublished manuscript. Pdf on course website.Rubin, Aaron D. 2010. A Brief Introduction to the Semitic Languages. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias.Huehnergard, John. 2004. Afro-Asiatic and Semitic. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages, ed. Roger D. Woodard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 138–59. Reprinted in The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, ed. Roger D. Woodard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 225–46. Pdf on course website.Huehnergard, John. 2009. Trees and Waves: On the Classification of the Semitic Languages. Unpublished manuscript. Pdf on course website.
Grading
Midterm exam: 25%Final exam: 30%Assignments (transliteration; consonants; reconstruction; lexicon): 25%Class participation: 20%
HEB 374 • Biblical Prophecy
41390 • Spring 2012
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM MEZ 1.120
(also listed as MES 320, R S 353)
This course aims to familiarize the students with the general content of the prophetic corpus of the Hebrew Bible and relevant Near Eastern material. Attention will be given to the different types of prophecy portrayed in the Bible, the social and historical background of the prophet, and the development and maintenance of the prophetic literature. During the semester students will read large portions of the prophetic books and major themes will be discussed in class.
Texts
BiblePetersen, The Prophetic Literature
Grading
Class participation and preparation 30%; presentations 20%; midterm 20%; final 30%
HEB 380C • Aramaic 500bce-100bc
41405 • Spring 2012
Meets TTH 5:00PM-6:30PM MEZ 1.118
To be provided by instructor.
HEB 380C • The Bible In Hebrew III
41320 • Fall 2011
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM MEZ 1.206
In a series of four courses, all Hebrew Bible/Ancient Near East graduate students will read the Hebrew Bible in its entirety, in Hebrew (and the small amount of Aramaic that also appears). This schedule amounts to approximately 30 pages of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia each week. In addition, each professor will stress some element of Biblical Hebrew or the Hebrew Bible, e.g., historical grammar or syntax.
Texts
To be provided by instructor.
Grading
To be provided by instructor.
MES 310 • Intro To The Hebrew Bible
41530 • Fall 2011
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM PAR 301
(also listed as CTI 310, J S 311, R S 313)
The Hebrew bible (the Old Testament) is a foundation text of Western culture and was subject to many interpretations for over 2000 years. The goal of the course is to look at the Bible as a text and investigate its meaning in the context of its historical and cultural setting in the Ancient Near East. The course examines the Bible through a wide range of approaches, including source criticism and the historical-critical school. Special emphasis is placed on the Bible against the backdrop of its historical and cultural setting in the Ancient Near East.
Texts
Coogan: The Old Testament
Coogan: The New Oxford Annotated Bible
Grading
To be provided by instructor.
HEB 380C • The Bible In Hebrew II
41785 • Spring 2011
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM MEZ 1.210
Course Description:
In a series of four courses, all Hebrew Bible/Ancient Near East graduate students will read the Hebrew Bible in its entirety, in Hebrew (and the small amount of Aramaic that also appears). This schedule amounts to approximately 30 pages of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia each week. In addition, each professor will stress some element of Biblical Hebrew or the Hebrew Bible, e.g., historical grammar or syntax.
Requirements:
Class participation: 50%
Research paper: 50%
Possible Texts:
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew-English Lexicon
Joüon-Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew
Bauer-Leander, Historische Grammatik der Hebräischen Sprache des Alten Testaments
Waltke-O'Connor, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax
Armstrong-Busby-Carr, A Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament
MES 310 • Intro To The Hebrew Bible
42160 • Spring 2010
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM PAR 1
(also listed as J S 311, R S 313)
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R S 353 • Origins Of Biblical Stories
44428 • Spring 2010
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM PAR 308
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HEB 346 • Hebrew For Academic Reading
42130 • Fall 2009
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM ETC 2.114
The goal of this course is to equip the intermediate student of Biblical Hebrew to become a more independent and proficient reader of the biblical text. Students will read, listen to, discuss, and write about the Hebrew Bible in its original language. Class time will be spent activating Hebrew vocabulary and grammar by reading and discussing biblical narrative prose and poetic texts. Students will learn and practice how to use the major lexicons and reference grammars of Biblical Hebrew. Preparation for class will include reading, listening, and homework exercises.
HEB 380C • Intro Structr Of Semitic Langs
41200 • Spring 2009
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM PAR 8C
Please contact the graduate coordinator for more information.
HEB 346 • Hebrew For Academic Reading
42327 • Fall 2008
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM GAR 2.112
The goal of this course is to equip the intermediate student of Biblical Hebrew to become a more independent and proficient reader of the biblical text. Students will read, listen to, discuss, and write about the Hebrew Bible in its original language. Class time will be spent activating Hebrew vocabulary and grammar by reading and discussing biblical narrative prose and poetic texts. Students will learn and practice how to use the major lexicons and reference grammars of Biblical Hebrew. Preparation for class will include reading, listening, and homework exercises.