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2.00 Credits
Early readings of biblical erotic poetry understood the Song of Songs to create functional societies. These functional readings, in turn, influenced the history of interpretation of erotic poetry from the Ancient Near East. We will explore the ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Israelite corpora of poetry and their associated histories of interpretation.
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1.00 Credits
Get your hands dirty as you experience firsthand the production of ancient clay artifacts that tell the stories of history. In lab, we will work with clays of different molecular structures to determine the technological constraints under which ancient craftsmen worked. We will also examine ancient clay artifacts in local archaeological collections. Then we will discuss how history is constructed with these artifacts.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the archaeology of pre- and protohistoric cultures in key regions of the world, from the Neolithic revolution to the rise of complex societies. Discussions will focus on how they interacted with their neighbors, how this interaction would have played a part in their development, and the different approaches archaeologists use to understand their interconnections. Regions to be examined include the Near East, the Aegean, East Africa, East Asia, the Andes, and Central America.
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2.00 Credits
Since the first known empire more than 4,000 years ago, expansionist states have been a hallmark of the political landscape. In this class we will examine various empires throughout history from an archaeological perspective. This class will cover such empires as the Akkadian, Assyrian, Roman, Mongol, Inka, and Spanish. In discussing these empires we will focus on questions that will allow us to better understand the role of the both conqueror and the conquered.
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3.00 Credits
Freshmen and Sophomores Only. Beginning with the Bible, Jews of all generations have re-written their sacred texts, interpreting earlier ones and creating new ones. This course will introduce students to classical Jewish texts from different periods and genres. We will meet the Bible and its commentaries, the Mishnah and the Talmud, the Responsa literature, legal codices and poetry. We will study legal and theological texts and discuss their similarities and differences. Special attention will be given to seeking to reveal the thoughts, struggles and goals of the writers, and trying to acquaint us, twenty-first century readers, with often unfamiliar mindset of the writers of these great texts.
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3.00 Credits
In the first century CE, a century of crisis and change, a Jew named Jesus was born, and with him Christianity. In this course we will discuss the development of Christianity in late antiquity, its historical background and its later influences. We will survey the main texts which are the foundation of this new religion, starting from sectarian literature, through the New Testament and ending with patristic literature. Using the main Christian dogmas as test cases, we will get acquainted with the main writers and literary sources of late antiquity, and discuss some of the arguments and agreements between Jews, Christians and Pagans of the era. We will seek to reveal the different sources of Christianity, Judaism on the one hand, and Greek and Latin cultures on the other, and try to understand the processes which led the early Christians to separate themselves from their Jewish origin and become an independent religion.
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3.00 Credits
Aramaic, a Semitic language dating from 1100 BCE, is spoken to this day. In this period it developed various dialects, and was used in some of the core texts of the western culture such as the Bible, the Talmud and the New Testament. It is used today in various modern vernacular, spoken by Jews and Christians across the middle east. In this course we will focus on Palestinian Aramaic, as preserved in the Palestinian Talmud and the Targum. After studying the basic forms and grammar we will read various Jewish Palestinian texts, and will also refer to some verses from the New Testament and the Dead Sea scrolls.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of cities in the ancient world from Uruk, around 3000 BC until the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC. The most important cities from this period will be studied and discussed from a historical, literary, and anthropological perspective. The topics covered include (1) the archaeological and textual evidence for these cities, (2) the depiction of these cities in literary and mythological works, and (3) contemporary theoretical approaches to understanding ancient urbanism.
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3.00 Credits
Already in Antiquity, the Egyptians had a reputation for wisdom and "secret" knowledge. But what was the reality behind this reputation? Who was a "wise man" or "wise woman" in Egypt? How did they organize and teach scientific ideas and concepts? How did they compose, maintain, and transmit the "books" containing their canon of knowledge? From the abundant ethical, scientific, literary, magical, and religious writings of the Egyptians we will attempt to understand what wisdom and knowledge meant to the Ancient Egyptians.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the intersection of sexuality and power relationships in the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near Eastern context. The class will examine the cultural constructions of sexuality as presented in the Bible and how they relate to the forging of ethnic, political, and religious identities in ancient Israel. The course will examine how sex is utilized as a literary device in the Bible, particularly in poetic metaphor and narrative plot.
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