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 / ASST 200 / REL 260 / HIST 392

History of the Book (not offered 2020/21)

CLAS 201 / COMP 233(F)

Love and Strife

REL 201 / COMP 201 / JWST 201

The Hebrew Bible (not offered 2020/21)

REL 202 / JWST 202 / COMP 214

Moses: Stranger in a Strange Land (not offered 2020/21)

REL 205 / CLAS 205 / JWST 205 / COMP 217

Ancient Wisdom Literature (not offered 2020/21)

REL 206 / COMP 206 / JWST 206(S)

The Book of Job and Joban Literature

REL 207 / CLAS 207 / JWST 207 / COMP 250(F)

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

REL 208 / COMP 207 / JWST 208

Genesis: The Family Saga (not offered 2020/21)

REL 222 / COMP 211 / JWST 222

The Jewish Art of Interpretation (not offered 2020/21)

CLLA 302(S)

Vergil's Aeneid

CLAS 320 T / CLGR 410

Enchantment and the Origins of Poetry (not offered 2020/21)

CLGR 405

Greek Lyric Poetry (not offered 2020/21)

CLLA 406

Horace's Odes (not offered 2020/21)

CLLA 414

Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics (not offered 2020/21)

CLAS 499

Senior Colloquium (not offered 2020/21)

Current Committees

Committee on Admission and Financial Aid (CAFA)
Curricular Planning Committee