Edan Dekel

Chair and Professor of Classics, Chair of Jewish Studies Program

[email protected]
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

Note: courses in gray are not offered this academic year.

REL 201 / COMP 201 S / JWST 201 S

The Hebrew Bible

REL 206 / COMP 206 S / JWST 206 S

The Book of Job and Joban Literature

REL 208 / COMP 207 S / JWST 208 S(S)

Genesis: The Family Saga

COMP 214 / JWST 202 S / REL 202 S

Moses: Stranger in a Strange Land

COMP 217 / CLAS 205 S / JWST 205 S / REL 205 S

Ancient Wisdom Literature

REL 222 / COMP 211 S / JWST 222 S(F)

The Jewish Art of Interpretation

COMP 250 / CLAS 207 S / JWST 207 S / REL 207 S

From Adam to Noah: Literary Imagination and the Primeval History in Genesis

CLLA 302(S)

Vergil's "Aeneid"

CLAS 320 T / CLGR 410

Enchantment and the Origins of Poetry

HIST 392 / ASST 200 S / CLAS 200 S / REL 260 S

History of the Book

CLLA 403

The Invention of Love: Catullus and the Roman Elegists

CLGR 405

Greek Lyric Poetry

CLLA 406(F)

Horace's Odes

CLLA 414

Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics

CLAS 499(F, S)

Senior Colloquium

Current Committees

  • Committee on Admission and Financial Aid (CAFA)
  • Jewish Studies Program, Chair