Edan Dekel

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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 2019/20)

REL 201 / COMP 201 / JWST 201

The Hebrew Bible (not offered 2019/20)

REL 202 / JWST 202 / COMP 214

Moses: Stranger in a Strange Land (not offered 2019/20)

REL 205 / CLAS 205 / JWST 205 / COMP 217

Ancient Wisdom Literature (not offered 2019/20)

REL 206 / COMP 206 / JWST 206

The Book of Job and Joban Literature (not offered 2019/20)

REL 207 / CLAS 207 / JWST 207 / COMP 250

From Adam to Noah: Literary Imagination and the Primeval History in Genesis (not offered 2019/20)

REL 208 / COMP 207 / JWST 208(S)

Genesis: The Family Saga

REL 222 / COMP 211 / JWST 222(F)

The Jewish Art of Interpretation

CLLA 302(S)

Vergil's "Aeneid"

CLAS 320 T / CLGR 410

Enchantment and the Origins of Poetry (not offered 2019/20)

CLLA 403

The Invention of Love: Catullus and the Roman Elegists (not offered 2019/20)

CLGR 405

Greek Lyric Poetry (not offered 2019/20)

CLLA 406(F)

Horace's Odes

CLLA 414

Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics (not offered 2019/20)

CLAS 499(F, S)

Senior Colloquium

Current Committees

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