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An introduction to the original language of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Using the inductive methods, students will be introduced to the morphology and syntax of ancient Hebrew by translating selected passages from the Hebrew Bible. Offering: Alternate years Instructor: McCreery
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Reading and translation of selected passages from the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some of the finer points of Hebrew grammar, poetry and orthography will be examined. Prerequisite: HEBR 131 and HEBR 132 (open to freshmen with good Hebrew background) Offering: Alternate years Instructor: McCreery
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1.00 Credits
Reading and translation of selected passages from the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some of the finer points of Hebrew grammar, poetry and orthography will be examined. Prerequisite: HEBR 231? (open to freshmen with good Hebrew background) Offering: Alternate years Instructor: McCreery
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0.50 - 1.00 Credits
Advanced study of selected Hebrew texts Offering: Every semester Instructor: McCreery
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1.00 Credits
Development of American political institutions and the impact of major issues on American society and culture from the Revolutionary era through the Civil War. Offering: Fall Instructor: Jopp, Cotlar
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1.00 Credits
Development of the modern American state and the impact of major issues on American society and culture from Reconstruction to the present. Offering: Spring Instructor: Eisenberg
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1.00 Credits
A survey of the cultural, intellectual, political and socioeconomic developments of Western society. It examines ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman societies, the rise of Christianity, the Medieval period, the Renaissance and Reformation and the Age of Absolutism. Among the fundamental aims of the course is to identify the defining characteristics of different phases of Western historical development and to study the factors that precipitate long- and short-term historical change. The course is very broad in scope and seeks to provide students with a sense of how Western ideas, social relations and institutions have changed over time and how these changes are interrelated. It also aims to acquaint students with different approaches to historical inquiry. Mode of Inquiry: Thinking Historically Offering: Fall Instructor: Duvall, Smaldone
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1.00 Credits
A survey of the cultural, intellectual, political and socioeconomic developments of modern Western society, including the scientific revolution of the 17th Century, the Enlightenment, the age of democratic revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, the rise of nation-states, totalitarianism, two world wars, the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet system. Among the fundamental aims of the course is to identify the defining characteristics of different phases of Western historical development and to study the factors that precipitate long- and short-term historical change. The course is very broad in scope and seeks to provide students with a sense of how Western ideas, social relations and institutions have changed over time and how these changes are interrelated. Mode of Inquiry: Thinking Historically Offering: Spring Instructor: Duvall, Smaldone
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to the rich histories of China and Japan from early prehistory to the eve of the arrival of the West in the early 19th century. Despite their geographic proximity, China and Japan followed different patterns of development during much of their history and this course will seek to examine those patterns, with an explicitly comparative approach, in the intellectual, socioeconomic and institutional realms. Readings emphasize literature and historical documents in translation. Mode of Inquiry: Thinking Historically; Asia Cluster Offering: Fall Instructor: McCaffrey
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to the histories of China, Korea and Japan from the early 19th century to the present. This course will examine the experience of East Asian civilizations in their encounters with the West and the problems of modernization which followed. Despite their geographic proximity, China, Korea and Japan followed different patterns during much of their history and this course will seek to examine those patterns, with an explicitly comparative approach, in the intellectual, socioeconomic and institutional realms. Readings emphasize literature and historical documents in translation. Mode of Inquiry: Thinking Historically; Asia Cluster Offering: Spring Instructor: McCaffrey
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