BA in Ancient Near Eastern Studies
(61–65 hours*)

The Discipline

Ancient Near Eastern Studies deals with the history, literature, religions, and cultures of the ancient Near East from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 640. It involves study in the humanities, social sciences, and ancient scripture. Geographically the ancient Near East consists of the region currently designated the Middle East. The Ancient Near Eastern Studies major is structured to provide students with a broad understanding of the civilizations of the ancient Near East and to emphasize the study of the Hebrew Bible and related literature or the Greek New Testament and related literature in their broader ancient Near Eastern context.

Career Opportunities

The Ancient Near Eastern Studies major prepares students to pursue graduate work and an academic career in all areas of biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, with its emphasis on critical reading, thinking, and writing skills, also provides quality training for students entering professional or library science programs. Additionally, an Ancient Near Eastern Studies degree offers relevant preparation for students seeking to teach seminary and institute in the Church Educational System.

Program Requirements    |    View MAP

1. Complete the following core courses:
   ANES 201 : Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANES 201 : Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Historical background, research skills, and methods of academic inquiry relevant to ancient Near Eastern Studies.
   
   
   ANES 310 : History and Culture of Ancient Israel. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANES 310 : History and Culture of Ancient Israel. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
   PREREQUISITE:	HIST 238; or HIST 239
   DESCRIPTION:	Israelite history and culture in Canaan/Israel from c. 2000 B.C. to A.D. 200. Methodology for using the Bible in historical research.
   
   
   ANES 495 : Senior Seminar in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANES 495 : Senior Seminar in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Capstone seminar utilizing research, analytical, and writing skills to produce a senior research paper on an ancient Near Eastern topic.
   
   
   HIST 238 : Ancient Near East to 330 BC. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 238 : Ancient Near East to 330 BC. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Ancient cultures of the Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syro-Palestine, Anatolia, Iran) from the beginnings of civilization to the conquests of Alexander the Great.
   
   
   HIST 239 : Ancient Near East, 330 BC - 640 AD. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 239 : Ancient Near East, 330 BC - 640 AD. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Cultures and empires of the Near East (Persia, Hellenistic kingdoms, Judaism, early Christianity, Rome, and Byzantium) from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquests.
   
   
   REL A 211 : The New Testament. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL A 211 : The New Testament. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Historical background, narrative, and doctrines of the New Testament. Covers the life and teachings of Jesus Christ set forth in the four Gospels.
   
   
   REL A 212 : The New Testament. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL A 212 : The New Testament. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Historical background, narrative, and doctrines of the New Testament. Covers the Acts of the Apostles through the Revelation of John.
   
   
   REL A 301 : The Old Testament. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL A 301 : The Old Testament. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Historical background, narrative, and doctrines of the Old Testament. Covers Genesis through 2 Samuel.
   
   
   REL A 302 : The Old Testament. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL A 302 : The Old Testament. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Historical background, narrative, and doctrines of the Old Testament. Covers 1 Kings through Malachi.
   
   

   And complete one of the following:

   ANTHR 351 : Archaeology and the Bible. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 351 : Archaeology and the Bible. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.; Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Setting and context of the Bible as clarified and supplemented from archaeology, history, and related studies. Archaeological methods.
   
   
   ANTHR 375 : Archaeology of Egypt. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 375 : Archaeology of Egypt. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
   PREREQUISITE:	ANTHR 101; or ANTHR 110; or ANTHR 205
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of the most important archaeological sites, artifacts, and monuments of Egypt, their cultural contexts, as well as major methodological developments in Egyptian archaeology and Egyptology.
   
   
   ANTHR 378 : Near Eastern Archaeology. (3:2:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 378 : Near Eastern Archaeology. (3:2:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Peoples and culture history in Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, 3500--500 B.C. Substantial reading, writing, discussion.
   
   
2. Complete one of the following language/literature options:
   • Hebrew Bible and related literature:
     1. Complete one course from the following:
        HEB 131 : First-Year Biblical Hebrew. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        HEB 131 : First-Year Biblical Hebrew. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Summer
        DESCRIPTION:	Old Testament Hebrew. Provides foundation in grammar and vocabulary; reading Hebrew prose texts in Bible.
        
        
        HEB 133 : Honors Hebrew and the Old Testament. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        HEB 133 : Honors Hebrew and the Old Testament. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
        PREREQUISITE:	Must be taken in conjunction with specified Honors section of Rel A 301.
        DESCRIPTION:	Rapid survey of biblical Hebrew.
        
        
     2. Complete one course from the following:
        HEB 132 : First-Year Biblical Hebrew. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        HEB 132 : First-Year Biblical Hebrew. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter; Summer
        DESCRIPTION:	Old Testament Hebrew. Provides foundation in grammar and vocabulary; reading Hebrew prose texts in Bible.
        
        
        HEB 134 : Honors Hebrew and the Old Testament. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        HEB 134 : Honors Hebrew and the Old Testament. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
        PREREQUISITE:	Must be taken in conjunction with specified Honors section of Rel A 302.
        DESCRIPTION:	Rapid survey of biblical Hebrew.
        
        
     3. Complete the following:
        ANES 331 : Readings in Ancient Near Eastern Texts to 330 B.C. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        ANES 331 : Readings in Ancient Near Eastern Texts to 330 B.C. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
        PREREQUISITE:	HIST 238
        DESCRIPTION:	Reading and analysis of major ancient Near Eastern texts in English translation. Methodology for dealing with potential biblical parallels.
        
        
        ANES 363 : Hebrew Bible Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        ANES 363 : Hebrew Bible Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
        PREREQUISITE:	HEB 331
        DESCRIPTION:	Current analytical methods used in academic study and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible.
        
        
        ANES 430R : Advanced Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        ANES 430R : Advanced Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
        DESCRIPTION:	Seminar involving in-depth examination of an ancient Near Eastern topic and then writing about it.
        
        
        HEB 331 : Readings in the Hebrew Scriptures 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        HEB 331 : Readings in the Hebrew Scriptures 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
        PREREQUISITE:	Heb 132, 201, or equivalent.
        DESCRIPTION:	Grammar review and vocabulary building through reading historical and prophetic books.
        
        
        HEB 431 : Readings in the Hebrew Scriptures 2. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        HEB 431 : Readings in the Hebrew Scriptures 2. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
        PREREQUISITE:	HEB 331
        DESCRIPTION:	Readings in the poetic and wisdom literature.
        
        
     4. Complete two enrollments in the following:
        HEB 432R : Ancient Hebrew Texts. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        HEB 432R : Ancient Hebrew Texts. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
        PREREQUISITE:	HEB 331
        
        

   • Greek New Testament and related literature:
     1. Complete the following:
        ANES 332 : Readings in Classical Near Eastern Texts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        ANES 332 : Readings in Classical Near Eastern Texts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
        DESCRIPTION:	Reading and analyzing major ancient Near Eastern texts in English translation. Methodology for dealing with potential biblical parallels.
        
        
        CL CV 363 : Judaism and Christianity in the Classical Near East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        CL CV 363 : Judaism and Christianity in the Classical Near East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
        DESCRIPTION:	Historical and cultural contexts of early Judaism and Christianity; analysis of major Jewish and Christian texts produced in classical Near East; methodological emphasis.
        
        
        CLSCS 430R : (Clscs-Hist) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        CLSCS 430R : (Clscs-Hist) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
        PREREQUISITE:	Cl Cv 304-Hist 247 and Greek 201 (Greek topics) or Cl Cv 307-Hist 248 and Latin 201 (Roman topics).
        DESCRIPTION:	Topics vary (e.g., rise of the Greek city-state, Greek political thought, classical historiography, Rome and the Etruscans, imperial Rome).
        
                    : Greek City-State.
                    : Classical Historiography.
                    : Hellenistic World.
                    : Rome and Etruscans.
                    : Rise of Rome.
                    : Roman Revolution.
                    : Imperial Rome.
                    : Roman Politics.
                    : Roman Religion.
                    : Augustan Rome.
                    : Archaic Greece.
                    : Athens: Rise and Fall.
                    : 4th Century Greece.
                    : Late Roman Empire.
                    : World of New Testament.
                    : Early Christianity.
                    : Julio-Claudians.
        
        
        Or
        HIST 430R : (Hist-Clscs) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        HIST 430R : (Hist-Clscs) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        PREREQUISITE:	ClCv-Hist 304 and Greek 201 (Greek topics) or ClCv-Hist 307 and Latin 201 (Roman topics).
        DESCRIPTION:	Topics vary (e.g., rise of the Greek city-state, Greek political thought, classical historiography, Rome and the Etruscans, imperial Rome).
        
                   : (Hist-Clscs) Topics in Greek and Roman History.
                   : Archaic Greece.
                   : Greek City-State.
                   : Classical Historiography.
                   : Hellenistic World.
                   : Greek Political Thought.
                   : Rome and Etruscans.
                   : Rise of Rome.
                   : Roman Revolution.
                   : Imperial Rome.
                   : Roman Politics.
                   : Roman Religion.
                   : Augustan Rome.
                   : Archaic Greece.
                   : Athens: Rise and Fall.
                   : 4th Century Greece.
                   : Late Roman Empire.
                   : World of New Testament.
                   : Early Chrisitanity.
                   : Julio-Claudians.
        
        
        GREEK 101 : First-Year Greek (First Semester). (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        GREEK 101 : First-Year Greek (First Semester). (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:

        Fall
        
        
        GREEK 102 : First-Year Greek (Second Semester). (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        GREEK 102 : First-Year Greek (Second Semester). (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:

        Winter
        
        
        GREEK 201 : Intermediate Greek. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        GREEK 201 : Intermediate Greek. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
        PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 102
        DESCRIPTION:	Readings from Xenophon with review and continuation of grammar.
        
        
        GREEK 302 : Classical Greek Prose. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        GREEK 302 : Classical Greek Prose. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
        PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 201
        NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
        
        
        GREEK 311 : New Testament in Greek: Gospels. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        GREEK 311 : New Testament in Greek: Gospels. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        PREREQUISITE:

        GREEK 201
        
        
     2. Complete two enrollments in the following:
        GREEK 411R : Greek New Testament and Early Christian Greek Texts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        GREEK 411R : Greek New Testament and Early Christian Greek Texts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 302 & GREEK 311
        DESCRIPTION:	Topics include Greek New Testament, the transmission and translation of New Testament manuscripts, and selections from other early Christian Greek writings.
        
                    : Synoptic Gospels.
                    : Luke-Acts.
                    : Pauline Epistles.
                    : Apocalypse.
                    : Johannine Writings.
                    : New Testament Apocrypha.
                    : Apostolic Fathers.
                    : Pre-Nicene Fathers.
                    : Post-Nicene Fathers.
        
        

3. Complete six hours from the following elective courses:
   ANES 353R : Archaeological Fieldwork in the Near East. (1-3:Arr:Arr)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANES 353R : Archaeological Fieldwork in the Near East. (1-3:Arr:Arr)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Ancient Near Eastern Studies coordinator's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Archaeological fieldwork and corresponding field school activities in the Near East.
   
   
   ANES 392R : Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. (2-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANES 392R : Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. (2-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Topical studies in the ancient Near East based on student interest and faculty expertise.
   
   
   ANTHR 351 : Archaeology and the Bible. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 351 : Archaeology and the Bible. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.; Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Setting and context of the Bible as clarified and supplemented from archaeology, history, and related studies. Archaeological methods.
   
   
   Or
   ANTHR 375 : Archaeology of Egypt. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 375 : Archaeology of Egypt. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
   PREREQUISITE:	ANTHR 101; or ANTHR 110; or ANTHR 205
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of the most important archaeological sites, artifacts, and monuments of Egypt, their cultural contexts, as well as major methodological developments in Egyptian archaeology and Egyptology.
   
   
   Or
   ANTHR 378 : Near Eastern Archaeology. (3:2:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 378 : Near Eastern Archaeology. (3:2:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Peoples and culture history in Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, 3500--500 B.C. Substantial reading, writing, discussion.
   
   
   (whichever is not taken in item 1 above).
   ARTHC 310 : Early Christian and Byzantine Art. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ARTHC 310 : Early Christian and Byzantine Art. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	ArtHC 201 or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of Christian art in the Roman and Byzantine Empire from ca. 200 to 1453.
   
   
   CL CV 310 : Classical Archaeology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 310 : Classical Archaeology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Major excavations and antiquities of the Mediterranean region illustrating Greco-Roman history.
   
   
   CL CV 340R : Topics in Classical Literature and Civilization. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 340R : Topics in Classical Literature and Civilization. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Classical literary genres; rhetorical, philosophical, and historical writings; relationships of art and literature; or the classical tradition in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Topics vary.
   
               : Greek Historians.
               : Roman Historians.
               : Latin Literature in Middle America.
               : Troy in Art and Literature.
               : Early Rome.
               : Classic Historiography.
               : Greek Tragedy.
               : Greek Political Thought.
               : Women in Antiquity.
               : Greek Ethical Thought.
               : Roman Religion.
               : Roman Art and Culture.
               : Augustan Rome.
               : Christianity and the Empire.
   
   
   (topic must be relevant to Ancient Near Eastern Studies. The Ancient Near Eastern Studies coordinator's approval is required)
   HONRS 232R : History: Global and Cultural Awareness. (3-6:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HONRS 232R : History: Global and Cultural Awareness. (3-6:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:

   Fall; Winter
   
   
   (topic must be relevant to Ancient Near Eastern Studies. The Ancient Near Eastern Studies coordinator's approval is required)
   NE LG 345 : Texts and Ancient Temples. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   NE LG 345 : Texts and Ancient Temples. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Major ancient Near Eastern texts dealing with the temple; analysis of primary elements of ancient temple type as a place of worship.
   
   
   NE LG 511R : Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Languages. (.5-4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   NE LG 511R : Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Languages. (.5-4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Grammar and reading skills.
   
               : Akkadian.
               : Aramaic.
               : Coptic.
               : Egyptian.
               : Syriac.
               : Ugaritic.
   
   
   REL A 304 : Writings of Isaiah. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL A 304 : Writings of Isaiah. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Teachings and prophecies of Isaiah in light of their historical context and relevance to latter-day people.
   
   
   REL A 392R : Special Studies in Religion: Ancient Scripture. (.5-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   REL A 392R : Special Studies in Religion: Ancient Scripture. (.5-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also
   WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	Topical studies in religion based on student interest and teacher expertise.
   
               : Writings of John.
               : Honors: Special Studies in Religion: Ancient Scripture.
               : Honors: Writings of John.
   
   
   (topic must be relevant to Ancient Near Eastern Studies. The Ancient Near Eastern Studies coordinator's approval is required)
   Any Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Greek, or Biblical Hebrew courses not used in item 2 above.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.