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COURSES OF THE ORIENTAL FACULTY [2019-20]

Curriculum for the Licentiate in Ancient Near Eastern Studies

The language of instruction is Italian or English.
Courses A, B and C have 5 ECTS.
. Advanced and Special courses have usually 5 ECTS, but for full-time students, who are required additional work, the can have till 15 ECTS..

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Assyriology

Akkadian

  • OD1104 Introductory Course (A) [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Mark Avila
  • OD2204 Introductory Course (B) [in Italian] (second semester): Prof. Mark Avila
  • OD3103 Advanced Course (C) [in italian] (first semester): Prof. Mark Avila
  • OD4204 Special Course [in italian] (second semester): Prof. Mark Avila
  • OD4205 Special Reading in Akkadian: Myth of Anzû (II sem.): Prof. Anthony Soo Hoo

Sumerian

  • OM1105 Introductory Course (A) [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Mark Avila
  • OM2206 Introductory Course (B) [in Italian] (second semester): Prof. Mark Avila
  • OM3103 Advasnced Course (C) [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Mark Avila
  • OM4202 Special Course [in Italian] (second semester): Prof. Mark Avila

Egyptology

Egyptian

  • OE1103 Introductory Course (A) [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Vincent Laisney
  • OE2203 Introductory Course (B) [in Italian] (second semester): Prof. Vincent Laisney
  • OE4101 Advanced Middle-Egyptian [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Vincent Laisney
  • OE4204 Advanced Middle-Egyptian [in Italian] (second semester): Prof. Vincent Laisney
  • OE5101 New Egyptian, A [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Vincent Laisney
  • OE5201 New Egyptian, B [in Italian] (second semester): Prof. Vincent Laisney

Coptic

  • OC1102 Introductory Course (A) [in Italian] (first semester): ProfPhilippe Luisier
  • OC2202 Introductory Course (B) [in Italian] (second semester): ProfPhilippe Luisier
  • OC3102 Advanced Course (C) [in Italian] (first semester): ProfPhilippe Luisier
  • OC4202 Special Course (C) [in Italian] (second semester): ProfPhilippe Luisier

Semitistics

Biblical Hebrew [cfr. also Biblical Faculty]

  • HA1110 Biblical Hebrew, A [in Italian] (3 hrs/wk, first semester): Prof. Paola Mollo
  • HA2111 Biblical Hebrew, A [in English] (3 hrs/wk, first semester): Prof. Paola Mollo
  • HB1210 Biblical Hebrew, B [in Italian] (second semester): Prof. Paola Mollo
  • HB2211 Biblical Hebrew, B [in English] (second semester): Prof. Paola Mollo
  • HC1102 Biblical Hebrew, C [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Agustinus Gianto
  • HC2202 Biblical Hebrew, C [in English] (second semester): Prof. Agustinus Gianto
  • DS2206 Hebrew Syntax and Semantics [in English] (II sem.): Prof. Agustinus Gianto

Aramaic-Syriac

  • OA1104 Aramaic of the Second Temple Period and Early Judaism and Christinity, A [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Craig Morrison
  • OA2204 Aramaic of the Second Temple Period and Early Judaism and Christinity, A [in Italian] (second semester): Prof. Craig Morrison
  • OA4101 Targumic Aramaic, Special course [in Italian] (ex cond.): Prof. Craig Morrison
  • AB1107 Biblical Aramaic [in Italian] (first semester): Prof. Luigi Santopaolo
  • AB2208 Biblical Aramaic [in English ] (second semester): Prof. Anthony Soo Hoo
  • OS3102 Advanced Course (C) [in Italian] (first or second semester): Prof. Craig Morrison
  • Os4101 Special Courses [in Italian] (first and second semester): Prof. Craig Morrison

Semitic philology and Linguistics

  • OW1104 Hebrew, Phoenician, and Old Aramaic [in English or Italian] (I sem.): Prof. Agustinus Gianto
  • OW2205 Ugaritic [in English or Italian] (second semester) : Prof. Agustinus Gianto

Arabic

(in collaboration with the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies [P.I.S.A.I.])
  • OR1104 Arabic, introductory course (A) [in Italian]: Diego Sarrió Cucarella
  • OR1206 Arabic, introductory course (B) [in Italian]: Diego Sarrió Cucarella

HISTORY AND RELIGION:

  • RV1136 History of Ancient Israel (XIII-V c. BC) [in Italian] (I sem. ): Prof. Peter Dubovský — A. Gianto
  • EV3136 King David or the Invention of the Human [in Italian]: Prof. Craig Morrison
  • EV4148 Book of Daniel: History and Visions [in Italian]: Prof. Agustinus Gianto
  • SA1108 History and Culture of the ANE and the Hebrew Bible [in English]: Prof. Anthony Soo Hoo
  • SA0229 Conceptions of Divinity in the ANE and the Hebrew Bible [in English]: Prof Anthony Soo Hoo

INTENSIVE COURSES OF HEBREW AND UGARITIC (July 22 – August 2, 2019):

[Leiden Summer School in Languanges and Linguistics]

  • Hebrew: texts from Ancient Israelite literature: Prof. Agustinus Gianto
  • UgaritiC Language and Literature: Prof. Agustinus Gianto
  • Comparative Semitics: Prof. Benjamin Suchard
N.B .: Students who follow these three courses receive credits equivalent to the "Biblical Hebrew, C" course at PIB.
For further information, contact Prof. Gianto.