Language Courses for 2011-2012

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Language courses offered by HDS during the academic year are listed below. (See the Summer Language Program website regarding summer courses.) Students are not limited to these languages and are encouraged to consider other language courses offered outside of HDS (i.e., within the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences) if more directly relevant to their program.

All of the courses listed below may be used to satisfy the MDiv Language Course requirement (three half courses in a single language). Courses taken outside of HDS may also be used. Some higher level language courses may simultaneously be used to satisfy a Scriptural Interpretation (SI) requirement.

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Arabic
Coptic
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Latin
Modern Arabic
Modern Hebrew
Spanish
Syriac
Other Languages

Arabic

HDS 4345

Elementary Arabic
Khaled Al-Masri
1.00 credits. Full year course 2011-2012.

HDS 4351

Intermediate Arabic I
William E. Granara
0.50 credits. Fall 2011.

HDS 4353

Upper-Level Classical Arabic I
William E. Granara
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11am. FAS, CGIS Knafel, Room K109.

HDS 4354

Upper-Level Classical Arabic II
William E. Granara
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11am. FAS, CGIS Knafel, Room K109.

HDS 4361

Intermediate Arabic II
William E. Granara
0.50 credits. Spring 2012.

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Coptic

HDS 4161

Intermediate Coptic
Karen L. King
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 114.

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French

HDS 4453

Intermediate French Readings
Kenneth Dupuis
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 4454

Advanced Intermediate French Readings
Kenneth Dupuis
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

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German

HDS 4412

German for Reading
Karin Grundler-Whitacre
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 4:30pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 4413

Intermediate German Readings
Karin Grundler-Whitacre
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 4pm-5:30pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 4414

Advanced Intermediate German Readings
Amiri Ayanna
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

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Greek

HDS 1551

Greek Exegesis of 1 Corinthians
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Rabinowitz Room.

HDS 2146

Advanced Greek: Alexandria
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2149

Advanced Greek: Montanism
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 4211

Elementary Greek I
James Constantine Skedros
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 9am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 4212

Elementary Greek II
James Constantine Skedros
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. M W F 9am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 4215

Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar
Richard Saley
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 12pm-1pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 4220

Intermediate Greek I
Judy Ravesloot Haley
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 4221

Intermediate Greek II
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Fri 11am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 4240

Graeca - Reading of Greek Texts: Seminar
Robert Louis Cioffi
0.50 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. Meets biweekly. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 118.

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Hebrew

HDS 1302

Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 1625

Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1626

Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 1pm-3pm. FAS, Northwest Lab Building, B107.

HDS 4010

Elementary Classical Hebrew
Peter Machinist
1.00 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. M W F 10am-11am. FAS, CGIS South, Room S050.

HDS 4020

Intermediate Classical Hebrew I
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 10am-11am. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 4021

Intermediate Classical Hebrew II
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. M W F 10am-11am. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 4036

Introduction to Rabbinic Hebrew
Eve Feinstein
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 9am-10:30am. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 304.

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Latin

HDS 2223

Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2224

Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 4310

Introduction to Christian Latin
Zachary Alexander Matus
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 10am-11am. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 4311

Intermediate Grammar and Readings in Christian Latin
Zachary Alexander Matus
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

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Modern Arabic

No courses are offered in this category for the time period selected.

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Modern Hebrew

HDS 4015

Elementary Modern Hebrew
Irit Aharony
1.00 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. All Weekdays 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 305.

HDS 4040

Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
Irit Aharony
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. All Weekdays 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 305.

HDS 4043

Advanced Modern Hebrew II
Irit Aharony
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-5pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 307.

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Spanish

HDS 4463

Intermediate Spanish Readings
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 6pm-9pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 4464

Advanced Intermediate Spanish Readings
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 6pm-9pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 4465

Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

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Syriac

HDS 4109

Introduction to Syriac
Wolfhart P. Heinrichs
1.00 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. Mon Fri 1pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 114.

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Other Languages

HDS 4070

Sufi Traditions in Persian Literature
Chad Kia
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 2pm-3:30pm. FAS, Grays Hall, Room 1.

HDS 4108

Introduction to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 11am-1pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 202.

HDS 4120

The Language of Pharaohs: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs I
Peter Der Manuelian
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 2pm-3:30pm. FAS, 1 Bow Street, Room 330.

HDS 4121

The Language of Pharaohs: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs II
Peter Der Manuelian
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 2pm-3:30pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

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