Program
Departments:
- History
- Middle Eastern Studies

Degrees Offered
BA, MA, PhD (History)
BA (Middle Eastern Studies)
minors in Arabic, Hebrew, Mediterranean Archaeology and Persian

Middle East Languages
Arabic (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced)
Hebrew (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Literature)
Persian (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced)

Courses
History
Modern Jewish History
The Near East 570-1914
The Near East 1914-Present
History of Modern Israel
Junior/Senior Colloquia:
Modern Egypt
Middle East at War in the 20th Century
Palestine and the Palestinians
Emergence of Arab Nationalism

Interdisciplinary
The Ancient Near East

Modern Languages
Arabic and Hebrew Literature in the Original and Translations

Middle Eastern Studies
The Arab World Culture and Society
Introduction to Biblical Archaeology
Islamic Civilization
Topics in Biblical Archaeology
Arab Women

Political Science
Politics of the Middle East

Religion
Introduction to Judaism
Modernization of Judaism
History of Zionism
Rabbinic Judaism
Medieval Jewish Thought
Jewish Mystical Tradition
Modern Jewish Thought
The Ethics of Judaism
Sacred Texts
The Qur’an

Faculty
Anthropology
Marcia Inhorn

Archaeology
Oded Borowski

History
Kenneth W Stein

Law School
Abdullah An-Na’m

Middle Eastern Studies
Gordon D. Newby (Islamic, Judaic, and Near Eastern Studies)
Shalom Goldman (Hebrew Literature)
Frank Lewis (Persian Language and Literature)

Modern Languages
Mahmoud al-Batal (Arabic)
Oded Borowski (Hebrew)
Kristen Brustad (Arabic)
Joshua Getz (Hebrew)
Benjamin Hary (Hebrew)
Devin Stewart (Arabic)

Political Science
Harvy Elliott Klehr
Carrie Wickham

Religion
David R Blumenthal (Judaic Studies)
Richard Martin (Islamic Studies)

Theology
John H Hayes
J Maxwell Miller
Carol Newsom
Gene Tucker

Scholarships/Graduate Support
Fellowships available through individual departments and the graduate school

Special Features
Judaic Studies concentration, contact David Blumenthal. Lahav Research Project with archaeological, environmental, ethnographic studies in Israel, at Tell Halif; Emory University is a consortium member and academic credit is given for field school participation through the Departments of Religion and Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies (field school is conducted during intermittent years); Summer language and culture program in Israel