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Inactive: Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) Courses

Academic Unit: Class & Near Eastern Studies

ANE 1001 - The Bible: Narrative Texts [LIT]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was RELS 3201 until 03-SEP-24, was RELA 3201 until 02-SEP-08, was CNES 1201 until 06-SEP-05, was CNES 3201 until 07-SEP-04, was RELA 3201 until 07-SEP-04, was ANE 3001 until 07-SEP-99, was RELA 3201 until 07-SEP-99
Survey in English of literary/historical narrative texts from Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and Ruth. Art of biblical narrative. Major themes of biblical stories. Comparison with other Ancient Near Eastern literatures. Literary conventions of biblical writers.
ANE 1002 - Prophecy in Ancient Israel [LIT]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was RELS 3202 until 03-SEP-24, was RELA 3202 until 02-SEP-08, was CNES 3202 until 07-SEP-04, was RELA 3202 until 07-SEP-04, was ANE 3002 until 07-SEP-99, was RELA 3202 until 07-SEP-99
Survey of Israelite prophets. Emphasizes Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Second Isaiah. Prophetic contributions to Israelite religion. Personality of prophets. Politics and prophetic reaction. Textual analysis and biblical scholarship. Prophecy viewed cross-culturally.
ANE 1003 - The Bible: Wisdom, Poetry, and Apocalyptic [LIT]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was RELS 3203 until 22-MAY-17, was RELA 3203 until 02-SEP-08, was CNES 3203 until 07-SEP-04, was RELA 3203 until 07-SEP-04, was ANE 3003 until 07-SEP-99, was RELA 3203 until 07-SEP-99
Survey of books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth). Characteristics of biblical poetry. Conceptions of Israelite wisdom writing. Traits of early Jewish apocalyptic writing.
ANE 3251 - Modern Study of the Old Testament
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was RELS 3251 until 04-SEP-12, was RELA 3251 until 02-SEP-08, was RELA 3251 until 07-SEP-99
Methods used in studying the Old Testament, including textual criticism, the anthropological approach, the sociological approach, the history of religion, and the use of archaeology in interpreting the text.
ANE 3501 - Ancient Israel: The Origins of Israel in Biblical Traditions [HP]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was RELS 3501 until 26-MAY-15, was RELA 3501 until 02-SEP-08, was RELA 3501 until 05-SEP-00, was RELA 3501 until 07-SEP-99, was ANE 5501 until 07-SEP-99
Foundation of the Hebrew people. Traditions of patriarchal period, development of Israelite religious/legal institutions. Ancient Near Eastern context of Israel's origins. Period of 2nd millennium B.C.
ANE 3502 - Ancient Israel: From Conquest to Exile [HP]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was CNRC 3502W until 18-JAN-22, was CNES 3502W until 18-JAN-22, was CNES 3502 until 19-JAN-21, was RELA 3502 until 12-JUN-00, was RELA 3502 until 07-SEP-99, was ANE 5502 until 07-SEP-99, CNRC 5502W, HIST 3502W, CNRC 3502W (starting 07-SEP-99, was CNES 3502W until 18-JAN-22, was CNES 3502 until 19-JAN-21, was ANE 3502 until 07-SEP-04, was RELA 3502 until 12-JUN-00, was ANE 3502 until 12-JUN-00, was RELA 3502 until 07-SEP-99, was ANE 5502 until 07-SEP-99), JWST 3502W, RELS 3502W (starting 07-SEP-10, ending 04-SEP-01, was RELS 3502 until 19-JAN-21, was RELA 3502 until 02-SEP-08)
Israelite history in context of what is known from Egyptian, Canaanite, Mesopotamian sources. Focuses on issues raised by archaeological data related to Israelite conquest of Canaan.
ANE 3503 - History and Development of Israelite Religion I
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was RELS 3503 until 26-MAY-15, was RELA 3503 until 02-SEP-08, was RELA 3503 until 18-JAN-05, was ANE 5503 until 18-JAN-05, was RELA 5503 until 18-JAN-05, was RELA 3503 until 07-SEP-99, was ANE 5503 until 07-SEP-99, was RELA 5503 until 07-SEP-99
Survey of the evolution of Israelite religion. Cultic practices, law and religion, prophecy, religion and historiography. Relationship to surrounding religious systems.
ANE 3504 - Development of Israelite Religion II
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was RELS 3504 until 03-SEP-24, was RELA 3504 until 02-SEP-08, was RELA 3504 until 07-SEP-99, was ANE 5504 until 07-SEP-99, was RELA 5504 until 07-SEP-99
Ancient Judaism from the Persian restoration (520 BCE) to Roman times (second century CE). Religious, cultural, and historical developments are examined to understand Jewish life, work, and worship under a succession of foreign empires: Persian, Greek, and Roman.
ANE 3951 - Major Project
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was CNRC 3951W until 18-JAN-22, was CNES 3951W until 18-JAN-22
Research project pertaining to the study of the ancient world, using documents or other primary sources along with secondary sources. Students select project in consultation with a faculty member.
ANE 4051 - Ancient Near East and Egypt: Neolithic to 1500 BCE
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was CNES 4051 until 26-MAY-15, CNES 4051 (inactive, was ANE 4051 until 07-SEP-04), HIST 4051 (inactive)
Lands of Western Asia and Northeast Africa from Neolithic through Middle Bronze Age. Interdependent technological/political developments such as agriculture, state formation, and writing. Use of literature/art as vehicles for articulating concepts. Changing relationships among cultures/polities of ancient Near East and regions beyond.
ANE 4052 - Ancient Near East and Egypt: 1500 to 323 BCE
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was CNES 4052 until 26-MAY-15, HIST 4052 (inactive), CNES 4052 (inactive, was ANE 4052 until 07-SEP-04)
Lands of Western Asia and Northeast Africa from Late Bronze Age to death of Alexander in 323 BCE. Growth/decline of empires. Diplomatic relations and sociopolitic transformations among Late Bronze and Iron Age states. New military technologies. Developments in religion/theology.
ANE 5502 - Ancient Israel: From Conquest to Exile
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was CNRC 5502W until 18-JAN-22, was CNES 5502W until 18-JAN-22, was CNES 5502 until 19-JAN-21, CNRC 5502W, HIST 3502W, CNRC 3502W (starting 07-SEP-99, was CNES 3502W until 18-JAN-22, was CNES 3502 until 19-JAN-21, was ANE 3502 until 07-SEP-04, was RELA 3502 until 12-JUN-00, was ANE 3502 until 12-JUN-00, was RELA 3502 until 07-SEP-99, was ANE 5502 until 07-SEP-99), JWST 3502W, RELS 3502W (starting 07-SEP-10, ending 04-SEP-01, was RELS 3502 until 19-JAN-21, was RELA 3502 until 02-SEP-08)
Israelite history in context of what is known from Egyptian, Canaanite, and Mesopotamian sources. Focus on issues raised by archaeological data related to Israelite conquest of Canaan.
ANE 5701 - Studies in Semitic Linguistics and Inscriptions
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was CNES 5701 until 02-SEP-14
Survey of comparative Semitic linguistics with emphasis on Northwest Semitic. Reading of Phonecian, Moabite, and Judean inscriptions.
ANE 5713 - Introduction to Ugaritic
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was CNRC 5713 until 18-JAN-22, was CNES 5713 until 18-JAN-22
Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform script, morphology, and syntax. Reading of representative samples of Ugaritic literature. Attention to linguistic and cultural issues and links to biblical and other Ancient Near Eastern texts.

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