-134 (Near Eastern Studies

2026–2027

46 courses

AS.130.101Ancient Middle Eastern Civilizations
AS.130.119Medicine in Ancient Egypt
AS.130.126Gods and Monsters in Ancient Egypt
AS.130.136History of Hasidism
AS.130.153A (Virtual) Visit to the Louvre Museum: Introduction to the Material Culture of Ancient Egypt
AS.130.154Giving Birth and Coming to Life in Ancient Egypt: The Tree and the Fruit
AS.130.155Sacred Signs: The History and Mystery of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
AS.130.156It's Pharaonic Egypt, hon! Intro to Anc Egyptian Culture, Society & Art at the Walters Art Museum
AS.130.177World Prehistory: An Anthropological Perspective
AS.130.202Ancient Mythology
AS.130.207Covenant, Crown, and Conquest: The Making and Breaking of Kings in the Ancient Middle East
AS.130.209Ancient Economies
AS.130.214The Origins of Civilization: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
AS.130.216History of the Jews in Pre-Modern Times, from the Middle Ages to 1789
AS.130.247Digging for Legitimacy Archaeology, Museums, and Ideology
AS.130.271Scribes, Scribal Education, and Literacy in the Ancient Middle East
AS.130.300History of Ancient Mesopotamia
AS.130.301History of Ancient Syria-Palestine
AS.130.302History: Ancient Syria-Palestine II
AS.130.314Introduction To Middle Egyptian
AS.130.315Introduction To Middle Egyptian
AS.130.317Akhenaten, Nefertiti and the Armana Period
AS.130.338The Talmud as Read in the Middle Ages: The Sugya of Kavod HaBriot (Human Dignity)
AS.130.339Archaeological Sciences: An Introduction to the Principles and Applications of Archaeometry
AS.130.346Introduction to the History of Rabbinic Literature
AS.130.348Survey Jewish History as Relected in Responsa Literature: How Immutable Judaism Wrestles with Change
AS.130.352History of Hasidism
AS.130.354Archaeological Method and Theory
AS.130.357Geographic Information Systems in Archaeology
AS.130.364Archaeology of Arabia
AS.130.366Reading Talmud Pre-Modern Jewish Culture: Marital Abuse/Marriage Annulment Post-Talmudic Rabbinic Li
AS.130.369Law in the Ancient Middle East
AS.130.381Elementary Akkadian
AS.130.382History of Mesopotamia II
AS.130.383Elementary Akkadian II
AS.130.388Elementary Sumerian
AS.130.396Readings in a Talmudic Sugya ("Zonah" and "Lav"-Struggling to Define Prohibited Sexual Relationships in pre-Modern Jewish Thought)
AS.130.420Research Methods: Arts of the Mesopotamian World: Crafters & Consumers
AS.130.440Elementary Biblical Hebrew
AS.130.441Elementary Biblical Hebrew II
AS.130.442Readings - Hebrew Prose
AS.130.443Readings - Hebrew Prose and Poetry
AS.130.504Independent Study
AS.130.520Near Eastern Studies Major Honors Thesis
AS.130.521Near Eastern Studies Major Honors Thesis
AS.130.666Reading Talmud Pre-Modern Jewish Culture: Marital Abuse/Marriage Annulment Post-Talmudic Rabbinic Li