Edan Dekel

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Chair of Classics and Garfield Professor of Ancient Languages, Chair of Jewish Studies Program

413-597-2540
Hollander Hall Rm 146

Education

B.A. Brown University (1996)
M.A. University of California-Berkeley, Classics (1998)
Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley, Classics (2005)

Areas of Expertise

  • Greek and Roman Poetry
  • Comparative Epic
  • Biblical Studies
  • Ancient Judaism
  • Medieval Literature

Courses

CLAS 200 / ASIA 200 / REL 260 / HIST 392 SEM

History of the Book (not offered 2024/25)

CLAS 201 / COMP 233 SEM

Love and Strife (not offered 2024/25)

REL 202 / JWST 202 / COMP 214 SEM

Moses: Stranger in a Strange Land (not offered 2024/25)

REL 205 / CLAS 205 / JWST 205 / COMP 217 SEM

Ancient Wisdom Literature (not offered 2024/25)

REL 207 / CLAS 207 / JWST 207 / COMP 250 SEM

From Adam to Noah: Literary Imagination and the Primeval History in Genesis (not offered 2024/25)

REL 208 / COMP 207 / JWST 208 SEM

Genesis: The Family Saga (not offered 2024/25)

CLAS 320 / CLGR 410 TUT

Enchantment and the Origins of Poetry (not offered 2024/25)

CLGR 405 SEM

Greek Lyric Poetry (not offered 2024/25)

CLLA 406 SEM

Horace's Odes
(not offered 2024/25)

CLAS 499 LEC

Senior Colloquium (not offered 2024/25)