50:082:303
Art of the Ancient Near East (3)
Studies the art and architecture of Anatolia (modern Turkey), Mesopotamia (Iraq today), and Persia (Iran) from the rise of Neolithic cultures to the end of the Persian Empire.
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50:082:310
Art of Egypt (3)
Studies the art of ancient civilizations of the Nile River Valley from the Old Kingdom through the Ptolemaic periods.
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Roman Art (3)
Studies the art of the Roman Republic and Empire from the Etruscan background through the reign of Constantine; emphasis on the city of Rome.
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50:082:342
Greek Art (3)
Studies the art of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period; focus is on the art of the sixth and fifth centuries BC to the golden age of Greece.
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50:090:238
World Masterpieces I (3)
Studies in great works of literature from antiquity (including Homer and Virgil) to the dawn of the modern era.
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50:350:313
Classical Backgrounds of English Literature (3)
Studies the influence on English and American literature of classical Greek and Roman epic, tragedy, comedy, and other literary forms.
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50:350:334
The Bible as Literature (3)
A study of the Bible, its literary variety, and historical and religious development.
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50:350:374
Legends Past and Present (3)
Studies narratives of heroes, quests, supernatural occurrences, and other extraordinary activities of humans past and present.
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50:350:380
Mythology (3)
Studies narratives of interaction between human and divine, as retold in literature and cultures including ancient Greek and Judeo-Christian.
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50:510:01
Western Civilization I (3)
Gives a broad view of the society we live in and the ideals we live by, starting with the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome and continuing through the "divine right" monarchies and the revolutions of the 17th century.
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50:510:301
Ancient Near East (3)
Studies the civilizations that developed in Egypt and Mesopotamia from the beginnings of history (ca. 3000 BC) to their disappearance under the Greeks and Romans.
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50:510:302
Ancient Israel (3)
Covers the founding of the Davidic kingdom (ca. 1000 BC) and the building of the First Temple by Solomon to the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans (70 AD).
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50:510:303
Athens: The Golden Age (3)
Studies the most famous Greek city-state, its political development as well as its artistic accomplishments, during the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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50:510:304
Rome, the First Caesars (3)
Studies the transformation of the Roman Republic under its most famous leaders (Caesar, Cicero, Pompey, Marc Antony, and others) into the empire under Augustus and the Julio-Claudian line (Caligula and Nero, among others).
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50:510:305
Fall of Rome (3)
Studies the disappearance of the Roman Empire during the third, fourth, and fifth centuries AD as barbarian invaders conquered the West.
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50:615:386
Special Studies in Linguistics: Egyptian Hieroglyphs (3)
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50:730:211
History of Philosophy I (3)
Studies the beginnings and early developments of Western philosophy. Readings selected from among pre-Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Maimonides, Aquinas, and Occam. Topics may include the nature of argument, political loyalty and political dissent, justice, normative ethics, causality, and the existence of God.
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50:730:305
Ancient Philosophy (3)
A study of the major philosophers in the ancient world.
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50:790:371
Classical Political Theory (3)
Studies the leading figures of Western political theory from Plato to Machiavelli.
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50:840:110
Introduction to the Bible (3)
Historical and literary exploration of portions of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and New Testament that have had the most lasting influence on Western culture. Focus on the meaning of key terms like covenant and evil, biblical authorship, and different ways the text may be interpreted today.
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50:840:212
Jews, Christians, and Muslims (3)
Studies the historical development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the earliest roots in the myths and rituals of the ancient world to their modern forms; the interaction between each tradition and the cultural context in which it emerges and develops; and the popular expression of each religion's beliefs in its holidays, rituals, and legends.
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50:840:330
Women and Religion (3)
An examination of the image of women and the feminine in the myths, symbols, and theology of major religious traditions. Consideration is given to the status and role of women in relation to the issues of religious practice, participation in rituals, and ordination. While this course deals only minimally with Greek and Roman material, it does include an extensive study of the Bible and prebiblical material.
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50:840:333
Evil (3)
A comparative analysis of the concept of evil in various traditions and its relation to notions of freedom, will, tragedy, power, gender, and the divine. Texts studied include the Bible, Sophocles' Antigone, St. Augustine's Confessions, and Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem.
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