A graduate seminar on ancient magic will be offered by Sarah Iles Johnston on Tuesday afternoons, 2:15-5:00, under the rubric of Classics 7894.
A course on post-biblical Jewish Aramaic (NELC 5121) will be taught Mondays 2:15 to 5:00 by Michael Swartz as a follow-up to Sam Meier's biblical Aramaic class, and as a complement to the Syriac courses that Kevin Van Bladel is offering this year.
The class will cover the basics of post-biblical Jewish Aramaic grammar, Aramaic of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Targum, and Palestinian and Babylonian Jewish Aramaic from the Talmuds, Midrash, magical texts, and inscriptions.
Kevin van Bladel's Syriac course, part two, will meet MWF 12:40 to 1:35.
Hebrew 5194, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, will be offered by Lynn Kaye . The course will start from the basics and aim to cover most of the essential Hebrew grammar by the end of the semester. It will be held MW 11:10-12:30.
