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

History of the Book (not offered 2021/22)

CLAS 201 / COMP 233

Love and Strife (not offered 2021/22)

REL 201 / COMP 201 / JWST 201

The Hebrew Bible (not offered 2021/22)

REL 202 / JWST 202 / COMP 214

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

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

Ancient Wisdom Literature

REL 206 / COMP 206 / JWST 206

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

REL 207 / CLAS 207 / JWST 207 / COMP 250

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

REL 208 / COMP 207 / JWST 208

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

REL 222 / COMP 211 / JWST 222

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

CLLA 302(S)

Vergil's Aeneid

CLAS 320 T / CLGR 410

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

CLGR 405(F)

Greek Lyric Poetry

CLLA 406

Horace's Odes (not offered 2021/22)

CLLA 414(F)

Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics

CLAS 499

Senior Colloquium (not offered 2021/22)

Current Committees

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