Current and Upcoming Course Offerings in
Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies

AUTUMN 2024

BIBHEB 101/511 Elementary Biblical Hebrew I (5 cr)
M/W/F 10:30-11:50
Instructor: Kathryn Medill

EGYPT 101/511 Introduction to Hieroglyphic Egyptian I (5 cr)
T/TH 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Prof. Scott Noegel

MELC 201 Introduction to the Ancient Near East (5 cr)
M/W 3:30-5:20
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

MELC 207 Introduction to Ancient Iranian Archaeology (5 cr)
M/W 1:30-3:20
Instructor: Prof. Stephanie Selover

MELC 302/502 Religions of the Ancient World (3 cr)
T/TH 1:30-2:50
Instructor: Prof. Scott Noegel

WINTER 2025

BIBHEB 102/512 Elementary Biblical Hebrew II (5 cr)
M/W/F 10:30-11:50
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

EGYPT 102/512 Introduction to Hieroglyphic Egyptian II (5 cr)
T/TH 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Prof. Scott Noegel

MELC 308 Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient Near East (3 cr)
M/W 3:30-4:50
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

MELC 208 Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology (5 cr)
T/TH 1:30-3:20
Instructor: Prof. Stephanie Selover

SPRING 2025

BIBHEB 103/513 Biblical Hebrew Prose (5 cr)
M/W/F 10:30-11:50
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

EGYPT 103/513 Introduction to Hieroglyphic Egyptian III (5 cr)
T/TH 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Prof. Scott Noegel

MELC 211 Introduction to Myths of the Ancient Middle East (5 cr)
M/W 3:30-5:20
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

MELC 209 Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Archaeology (3 cr)
M/W 1:30-3:20
Instructor: Prof. Stephanie Selover

MELC 314 Archaeology of Early Islam (5 cr)
T/TH 1:30-3:20
Instructor: Prof. Stephanie Selover

SUMMER 2025

MELC 309/509 Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient World (5 cr)
Time TBD
Instructor: Kathryn Medill

AUTUMN 2025

BIBHEB 201/5013 Biblical Hebrew Poetry (3 cr)
T/TH 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Prof. Scott Noegel

MELC 301/501 Art of the Ancient Near East (3 cr)
T/TH 1:30-2:50
Instructor: Prof. Scott Noegel

MELC 202 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (5 cr)
M/W 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

MELC 311 Archaeology of Biblical Israel (5 cr)
M/W 1:30-3:20
Instructor: Prof. Stephanie Selover

WINTER 2026

BIBHEB 207/527 Biblical Book of Proverbs (5 cr)
T/TH 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Prof. Scott Noegel

MELC 305/505 Biblical Prophets (3 cr)
M/W 3:30-4:50
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

MELC 350 Archaeology of Ancient Near Eastern Warfare and Empire (5 cr)
T/TH 1:30-3:20
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

SPRING 2026

ARAMIC 202/522 Aramaic Texts from Antiquity (5 cr)
T/TH 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Prof. Scott Noegel

MELC 352/552 Wisdom Literature in the Bible and the Ancient Near East (5 cr)
M/W 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

MELC 307/507 From Israelites to Jews (3 cr)
M/W 3:30-4:50
Instructor: Prof. Kathryn Medill

MELC 207 Introduction to Ancient Iranian Archaeology (5 cr)
M/W 3:30-5:20
Instructor: Prof. Stephanie Selover

MELC 313 Ancient Technologies of the Near East (5 cr)
T/TH 3:20-5:20
Instructor: Prof. Stephanie Selover