Welcome to the Program in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East
(H-BANES). The H-BANES Program offers a diverse array of
topical courses in translation on biblical and other ancient
Near Eastern topics. Because the Program's courses are
often cross-listed and the requirements are flexible,
H-BANES majors often double major in History, Classics,
Jewish Studies, or Comparative Religion.
H-BANES also offers a two-year sequence in biblical Hebrew language.
The inductive method that we employ allows students to read from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) alone already by the end of the second quarter of the first year. Thereafter students take courses on biblical Hebrew prose texts, biblical poetry, and ancient inscriptions. The final quarter of the second year we typically devote to biblical Aramaic for those who have taken the Hebrew sequence. Periodically we offers courses on hieroglyphic Egyptian, Ugaritic, and Akkadian (the latter two invariably for students who have had at least two years of biblical Hebrew). |
Scott B. Noegel
Director, H-BANES
Chair, NELC
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