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

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

History of the Book (not offered 2021/22)

CLAS 201 / COMP 233 SEM

Love and Strife (not offered 2021/22)

REL 201 / COMP 201 / JWST 201 LEC

The Hebrew Bible (not offered 2021/22)

REL 202 / JWST 202 / COMP 214 SEM

Moses: Stranger in a Strange Land (not offered 2021/22)

REL 205 / CLAS 205 / JWST 205 / COMP 217(S) SEM

Ancient Wisdom Literature

REL 206 / COMP 206 / JWST 206 SEM

The Book of Job and Joban Literature (not offered 2021/22)

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

From Adam to Noah: Literary Imagination and the Primeval History in Genesis (not offered 2021/22)

REL 208 / COMP 207 / JWST 208 SEM

Genesis: The Family Saga (not offered 2021/22)

REL 222 / COMP 211 / JWST 222 SEM

The Jewish Art of Interpretation (not offered 2021/22)

CLLA 302(S) SEM

Vergil's Aeneid

CLAS 320 / CLGR 410 TUT

Enchantment and the Origins of Poetry (not offered 2021/22)

CLGR 405(F) SEM

Greek Lyric Poetry

CLLA 406 SEM

Horace's Odes (not offered 2021/22)

CLLA 414(F) SEM

Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics

CLAS 499 LEC

Senior Colloquium (not offered 2021/22)

Current Committees

Curricular Planning Committee