Courses in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Courses

Akkadian

10101–10103. Elementary Akkadian I, II, III
Staff

20307, 20308. Akkadian Literary Texts I, II
Biggs, Staff

20313, 20314. Akkadian Historical Texts I, II
Stolper

20316. Non-Mesopotamian Akkadian Texts
Roth

20323. Akkadian Religious Texts
Biggs

30315. Introduction to Assyrian
Staff

30316. Akkadian Texts from Peripheral Areas
Biggs

30321. Epic of Gilgamesh
Farber, Roth

30332. Mesopotamian Law Collections
Roth

Ancient Anatolian Languages

10101–10103. Elementary Hittite I, II, III
van den Hout

20125. Advanced Readings in Hittite
van den Hout

20201. Cuneiform Luwian
van den Hout

20301, 20302. Hieroglyphic Luwian I, II
van den Hout

20401. Lydian
van den Hout

20501. Lycian
van den Hout

20601.Carian/Psidian/Sidetic
van den Hout

20901. Hurrian
van den Hout, Gragg

Arabic

10101–10103. Elementary Arabic I, II, III
Staff

20101–20103. Intermediate Arabic I, II, III
Staff

30101–30103. Third-Year Arabic I, II, III
Mustafa

30201-30203. High Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I, II, III
Staff

30386. Early Islamic Historical Tradition
Donner

30684. Readings in the Sira Literature
Donner

40101–40103. Advanced Arabic Syntax I, II, III
Qutbuddin

40329, 40330. Readings in Islamic Political Thought I, II
Kadi

40355–40357. Readings in Modern Arabic Literature I, II, III
Mustafa

40382. Seminar: Classical Arabic Poetics
Qutbuddin

40393. Readings in Islamic Ritual Law
Donner

40404, 40405. Readings in the Qur’an I, II
Kadi

40413, 40414. Islamic Heresiography and Sectarianism I, II
Kadi

40415. Arabic Paleography and Epigraphy
Donner

40420. Islamic Readings in al-Jahiz
Kadi

40421-40423. Advanced Modern Standard Arabic I, II, III
Staff

40443, 40444. The Classical Sources I, II
Kadi

40446. Arabic Manuscripts and the Art of Editing
Kadi

40455–40457. Readings in Judaeo-Arabic I, II, III
Golb

Aramaic

10101. Biblical Aramaic
Staff

10102. Old Aramaic Inscriptions
Staff

10103. Imperial Aramaic
Staff

10401–10403. Elementary Syriac I, II, III
Creason

20301–20303. Targum I, II, III
Pardee

Armenian

10101–10103. Elementary Modern Armenian I, II, III
Haroutunian

20101-20103. Intermediate Modern Armenian I, II, III
Haroutunian

Egyptian

10101, 10102. Introduction to Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphs I, II
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

10103. Middle Egyptian Texts I
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

10201. Introduction to Coptic
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

10202. Coptic Texts
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

10203. Coptic Texts-2
Staff

20101. Middle Egyptian Texts II
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

20102. Introduction to Hieratic
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

20110. Introduction to Old Egyptian
Staff

20210. Introduction to Late Egyptian
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

20211. Late Egyptian Texts
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

30120. Introduction to Demotic
Johnson, Ritner

30121. Demotic Texts
Johnson, Ritner

40401. Pyramid Texts
Staff

40436. Ramesside Inscriptions
Dorman, Johnson, Ritner

40458-40459. Advanced Readings in Coptic
Johnson

40473. Medical Texts
Ritner

40480. Religious Texts
Ritner

45500. Coptic Dialects
Ritner

Ge‘ez

10101–10103. Elementary Ge‘ez I, II, III
Gragg

Hebrew

10101–10103. Elementary Classical Hebrew I, II, III
Pardee, Creason

10501–10503. Introductory Modern Hebrew I, II, III
Finkelstein

20001. Hebrew Letters and Inscriptions
Pardee

20002. Phoenician Inscriptions
Pardee

20003. Punic Inscriptions
Pardee

20104–20106. Intermediate Classical Hebrew I, II, III
Pardee, Staff

20101-20102. Dead Sea Scrolls I, II
Golb

20204. Readings in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Golb

20301, 20302. Tannaitic Hebrew Texts I, II
Golb

20401, 20402. Medieval Hebrew Commentaries on the Bible I, II
Golb

20404. Medieval Hebrew Historical Texts
Golb

20405. Readings in Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts
Golb

20406. Medieval Hebrew Grammarians
Golb

20501–20503. Intermediate Modern Hebrew I, II, III
Finkelstein, Staff

20580, 20581. Poetry in Israel I, II
Brinker

30501–30503. Advanced Modern Hebrew I, II, III
Finkelstein

30515, 30516. Hebrew Poetry and Narrative Art I, II
Brinker

30539. The Emergence of the Historical Long Poem
Brinker

30542, 30543. Historical Introduction to the Study of Modern Hebrew Literature I, II
Brinker

30553, 30554. The Realistic Novel I, II
Brinker

Persian

10101–10103. Elementary Persian I, II, III
Ghahremani

20101–20103. Intermediate Persian I, II, III
Ghahremani

30320-30321. Persian Poetry: Shahnameh I,II
Moayyad

30324-30325. Persian Poetry: Mathnavi of Rumi I, II
Moayyad

30327. Persian Poetry: Sa’di/Imitators
Perry

30331. Persian Poetry: Amir-Khosrow’s Romance
Moayyad

30332-30333. Persian Prose: Sufi Texts I,II
Moayyad

30334. Persian Prose: Mirrors for Princes
Moayyad

30337-30338. Persian Lyric Poetry I, II
Moayyad

30343. Introduction to Tajik Persian
Perry

30421. Persian Satire: Old and New
Moayyad

30423. Persian Prose: Modern Scholarly Prose
Moayyad

30424. Women in Persian Literature
Moayyad

30825. Old Persian Readings
Stolper


 

 

Sumerian

10101–10103. Elementary Sumerian I, II, III
Staff

20101–20103. Intermediate Sumerian I, II, III
Staff

20305. Sumerian Historical Texts
Staff

20306. Sumerian Literary Texts
Staff

20307. Sumerian Legal Texts
Staff

30311. Myths and Epic Tales
Staff

Turkish


10101–10103. Elementary Turkish I, II, III
Özoglu

20101–20103. Intermediate Turkish I, II, III
Özoglu

30501–30503. Ottoman Turkish I, II, III
Staff

40101–40103. Advanced Turkish I, II, III
Staff

40517. Readings in Ottoman Prose
Dankoff

40588. Ottoman Historical Texts
Fleischer

Ugaritic

20101–20103. Ugaritic I, II, III
Pardee

30107. Ugaritic: The Baal Cycle
Pardee

30108. Ugaritic: The Aqht Cycle
Pardee

30109. Readings in New Ugaritic Texts
Pardee

Uzbek

10101–10103. Elementary Uzbek I, II, III
Arik

20101–20103. Intermediate Uzbek I, II, III
Arik

Near Eastern Art and Archaeology

Introductory Survey Courses

30101. Art and Archaeology of the Near East: Mesopotamia
Gibson

30151. Art and Archaeology of the Near East: Iran
Staff

30201. Art and Archaeology of the Near East: Egypt
Harvey

30251. Art and Archaeology of the Near East: Arabia
Staff

30301. Art and Archaeology of the Near East: Syria-Palestine
Schloen

30351. Art and Archaeology of the Near East: Anatolia
Yener

30501. Art and Archaeology of the Near East: Islamic Archaeology
Whitcomb

Specialized Courses

30011. Seals in the Ancient Near East
Gibson

30030. Rise of the State in the Near East
Stein

30051, 30052. Method and Theory in Near Eastern Archaeology I, II
Staff

30071. Texts in Context: Documents and Archaeology
Gibson

30081. Archaeology of Technology
Yener

30091. Field Archaeology
Staff

30092. Computer Applications in Archaeology
Staff

30093. Instrumental Analysis in Archaeology
Yener

30094. Museum Exhibit Installation
Yener, Wilson

30111. The Art of Ancient Mesopotamia
Staff

30121–30124. Mesopotamian Archaeology I, II, III, IV
Gibson

30125. Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Near East
Gibson

30131. Problems in Mesopotamian Archaeology
Gibson

30141. Mesopotamian Pottery
Gibson

30211. The Art of Ancient Egypt
Staff

30215. Egyptian Art and Architecture
Harvey

30219. Predynastic Egypt
Harvey

30220. Seminar: Architecture of the New Kingdom
Harvey

30221–30223. Egyptian Archaeology I, II, III
Staff

30231. Problems in Egyptian Archaeology
Staff

30241. Material Culture of Ancient Egypt
Staff

30271. Archaeology of Ancient South Arabia
Gibson

30281. Problems in Arabian Archaeology
Gibson

30321–30323. Syro-Palestinian Archaeology I, II, III
Schloen

30331. Problems in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology
Schloen

30335. Problems in Syrian Archaeology
Schloen

30341. Syro-Palestinian Pottery
Schloen

30371, 30372. Anatolian Archaeology I, II
Yener

30381. Problems in Anatolian Archaeology
Yener

30411. Seminar: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia
Harvey

30521. Egypt after the Pharaohs: Coptic and Islamic Egypt
Whitcomb

30522. Late Levant: Archaeology of Islamic Syria-Palestine
Whitcomb

30523. Islamic Archaeology of Iraq and Iran
Whitcomb

30524. Archaeology of Byzantine and Islamic Anatolia
Whitcomb

30531. Problems in Islamic Archaeology
Whitcomb

30541. Islamic Pottery
Whitcomb

30550. Jerusalem through the Ages
Schloen

Near Eastern History and Civilization

30001–30003. History of the Ancient Near East I, II, III
Staff

30010. Social Theory and Near Eastern Studies
Schloen

30011. Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Hittite
van den Hout

30012. Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Mesopotamian
Roth

30013. Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Egyptian
Staff

30030. Ancient Near Eastern Religions: Mesopotamian
Staff

30032. Ancient Near Eastern Religions: Egyptian Religion and Magic
Staff

30060. Ancient Near Eastern Peoples and Cultures: Hittites
van den Hout

30061. Ancient Near Eastern Peoples and Cultures: Ugarit
Pardee

30062. Ancient Near Eastern Peoples and Cultures: Sumerians
Woods, C.

30063. Ancient Near Eastern Peoples and Cultures: Mesopotamian Law
Roth

30064. Ancient Near Eastern Peoples and Cultures: Egptians
Staff

30065. Ancient Near Eastern Peoples and Cultures: Women in Ancient Egypt
Johnson

30066. Ancient Near Eastern Peoples and Cultures: Amarna
Staff

30264. Saite and Persian Egypt
Johnson

30410. Exile in Jewish Thought and Literature
Brinker

30411–30413. Medieval Jewish History I, II, III
Golb

30424. Culture of the Jews of Medieval Palestine, Egypt, and Andalusia
Golb

30426. Historical Documents of the First and Second Crusades Relative to the Jews
Golb

30437, 30438. Biblical Narrative as Literature and History I, II
Brinker

30439. Hebrew Historical Texts of the Middle Ages
Golb

30458. Zionism and Its Opponents in Modern Jewish Thought and Literature
Brinker

30539. The Renaissance East and West
Fleischer

30580. Poetry in Israel
Brinker

30631, Approaches to the Study of the Middle East
Woods

30633. Sources for the Study of the Middle East
Woods

30639. Survey of Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
Mustafa

30641. Islamic Origins
Donner

30672. Sufi Literature in Translation
Qutbuddin

30729. The Mongol World Empire
Woods

30731. Iran under the Safavids
Woods

30750. Modern Persian Fiction in Translation
Perry

30761. Introduction to the Turkic Peoples of Central Asia
Arik

30762. Contemporary Central Asia
Arik

30765. Musical Folklore of Central Asia
Arik

30766. Shamans and Epic Poets of Central Asia
Arik

30825, 30826. Modernization of the Ottoman Empire I, II
Shissler

30827. The “Woman Question” and Reformist Thought in the Ottoman Empire
Shissler

30840. Radical Islamic Pieties 1200-1600
Fleischer

30852, 30853. The Ottoman World in the Age of Süleyman the Magnificent I, II
Fleischer

30910. Islam from the Muslim World to America: Religion, Politics and the Dynamics of “Integration.”
Zeghal

30928. Role of the Bible in Modern Literature
Brinker

39500. Contemporary Armenia
Haroutunian

40293. Chronology of Ancient Egypt
Dorman

40401. Seminar: Achaemenid history of the 4th Century
Stolper

40413-40414. Seminar: Islamic Heresiography and Sectarianism-1 and -2
Kadi

40420. Islamic Readings in Al-Jahiz
Kadi

40583. Ottoman Diplomatics and Paleography
Fleischer

Near Eastern Languages

30301. Introduction to Comparative Semitic
Gragg

30302. Writing Systems and Decipherment
Woods, C.

30315, 30316. Epigraphic South Arabic I, II
Gragg


Last Updated: 9/08/2003