Featured Courses:

Classics 5401/NELC 5401 Methodologies in the Study of Ancient Religions by Michael Swartz Wednesdays 3:55-6:30.

Hebrew 5100 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew by Michael Swartz. Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:55-5:15.
Greek 7890 Graduate Seminar: Carthage and Phoenician colonization in the west by Carolina López-Ruiz Fridays 2:15-5:00.

Hebrew 5100 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew by Michael Swartz. Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:55-5:15.
History 5229 Special Topics in Ancient Christianity: Historical Jesus by Bert Harrill. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:45-2:05.
NELC 5120 Biblical Aramaic by Sam Meier. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:20-3:40.

Arabic 5628 Classical Arabic Prose by Hadi Jorati.
Hebrew 5602 The Bible as Literature by Sam Meier.
NELC 5401/Classics 5401 Methods for the Study of Ancient Religion by Michael Swartz. This counts towards GISRAM certification.
NELC 5121 Jewish Aramaic by Michael Swartz.

Classics 7893 Seminar on Greek and Roman Mystery Cults by Fritz Graf. This counts towards GISRAM certification.
History 5229 Special Topics in Early Christianity: Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity by Bert Harill. This counts towards GISRAM certification.
History of Art /Classics 5311 Art and Archaeology of Pre-Classical Greece by Mark Fullerton. This probably won’t count as a GISRAM course, unless the individual student finds a way to do a paper that concentrates heavily on religion; yet it’s a course that many GISRAM students should consider taking anyway.
Arabic 5627 Classical Arabic Poetry by Geoffrey Moseley.
Arabic 7602 Studies in Arabic Prose by Geoffrey Moseley.
NELC 5111 Comparative Semitic Linguistics by Sam Meier.
NELC 5701 The Qur'an in Translation by Sean Anthony. This counts towards GISRAM certification.
Hebrew 5100 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew by Lynn Kaye.
Hebrew 7602 Studies in Hebrew Prose by Daniel Frank.

Spring 2017

Autumn 2016

Hebrew 5100: Intro to Biblical Hebrew by Lynn Kaye.
NELC 5101: Introduction to the Field of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures by Kevin van Bladel. This is a 1-unit intro to the field of Near Eastern Studies.
NELC 5125 Syriac I by Kevin van Bladel.
NELC 5130: Ugaritic by Sam Meier.
Arabic 8891 Seminar in Arabic Studies by the new Sofia Chair of Arabic Studies. This is a graduate-level introduction to the methods and materials of traditional Arabic scholarship.

Spring 2016

Greek 7193 Independent Study of Phoenician-Punic inscriptions by Carolina López-Ruiz.
History 8210 Research Seminar independent study of hagiography and history by David Brakke.
Classics 7893: Topics in Greek and Roman Myth and Religion Seminar on the methodologies for the study of ancient myths by Sarah Iles Johnston.
NELC 5401 Methodologies for the Study of Ancient Religions by Michael Swartz.
Arabic 5628 Classical Arabic Prose by David Larsen.
Hebrew 5603 Readings in Rabbinic Literature by Lynn Kaye.
Hebrew 5602 Selected Readings of Biblical Hebrew by Sam Meier.

Autumn 2015

Greek 7890 Graduate Seminar on Carthage--focusing on cultural contact and colonization--Greco-Phoenician-Roman-Iberian-North African relations--taught by Carolina López-Ruiz.
Classics 7894 Graduate Seminar on Roman, Christian and Jewish Festivals in Late Antiquity by Fritz Graf.
NELC 7503 Graduate Seminar on the Religions of Ancient Iran, covering Zoroastrianism, East-Syrian Christianity, Babylonian Judaism, Mandaism, and Manichaeism, and also Islam at the beginning, by Kevin van Bladel.
Hebrew 5603 Readings in Rabbinic Literature course on Midrash by Michael Swartz.
Arabic 5611: History of the Arabic Language by Kevin van Bladel.
Arabic 5627: Classical Arabic Poetry by David Larsen.
Arabic 5701: The Qur'an in Translation by Sean Anthony.
NELC 5101: Introduction to the Field of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures by Kevin van Bladel.
NELC 5111: Comparative Semitic Languages by Sam Meier.

Geoffrey Moseley