Language Courses Projected Through 2015

Show Course Offerings for 2012-2013

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.

Courses listed within square brackets are not offered in 2012-2013, but are expected to be offered in future years.

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

Arabic

HDS 3631

Islam, Metaphor, Meaning
M. Shahab Ahmed
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Mon 5pm-7pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 403 (Finnegan).

HDS 3883

Islamic Theological Texts
Khaled El-Rouayheb
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Thurs 3pm-5pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 4345

Elementary Arabic
Paul Herbert Wulfsberg
1.00 credits. Full year course 2012-2013.

HDS 4351

Intermediate Arabic I
William E. Granara
0.50 credits. Fall 2012.

HDS 4353

Upper-Level Classical Arabic I
Khaled El-Rouayheb
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 210.

HDS 4354

Upper-Level Classical Arabic II
Khaled El-Rouayheb
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Tue Thu 11:30am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 307.

HDS 4361

Intermediate Arabic II
William E. Granara
0.50 credits. Spring 2013.

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Coptic

[HDS 4158]

[Elementary Coptic II]
To Be Announced
0.50 credits. Expected to be offered Fall 2013. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am.

[HDS 4161]

[Intermediate Coptic]
Karen L. King
0.50 credits. Expected to be offered Spring 2014. Tues 4pm-6pm.

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French

HDS 4453

Intermediate French Readings
Pascale Torracinta
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Mon Wed 5:30pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 4454

Advanced Intermediate French Readings
Pascale Torracinta
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Tue Thu 6pm-7:30pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

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German

HDS 4412

German for Reading
Karin Grundler-Whitacre
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Mon Wed 4pm-5:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 4413

Intermediate German Readings
Karin Grundler-Whitacre
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Mon Wed 4pm-5:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 4414

Advanced Intermediate German Readings
Geraldine Grimm
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 114.

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Greek

[HDS 1551]

[Greek Exegesis of 1 Corinthians]
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Expected to be offered Fall 2014.

HDS 2159

Advanced Greek: Martyrdom
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2160

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

HDS 4211

Elementary Greek I
James Constantine Skedros
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. M W F 9am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 4212

Elementary Greek II
James Constantine Skedros
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. M W F 9am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

[HDS 4215]

[Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar]
Richard Saley
0.50 credits. Expected to be offered Fall 2013. Tue Thu 12pm-1pm.

HDS 4220

Intermediate Greek I
Judy Ravesloot Haley
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 4221

Intermediate Greek II
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Mon Fri 11am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 4240

Graeca - Reading of Greek Texts: Seminar
Robert Louis Cioffi
0.50 credits. Full year course 2012-2013. Meets biweekly. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 114.

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Hebrew

[HDS 1302]

[Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar]
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Expected to be offered Spring 2014. Tues 4pm-6pm.

HDS 1625

Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I
Jon D. Levenson
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Thurs 1pm-3pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 1626

Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II
Jon D. Levenson
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Thurs 1pm-3pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 4010

Elementary Classical Hebrew
Peter Machinist
1.00 credits. Full year course 2012-2013. M W F 10am-11am. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 4020

Intermediate Classical Hebrew I
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. M W F 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 4021

Intermediate Classical Hebrew II
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. M W F 10am-11am. FAS, Northwest Lab Building, .

HDS 4036

Introduction to Rabbinic Hebrew
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. & - ,

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Latin

HDS 2223

Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. HU, Houghton Library, .

[HDS 2224]

[Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels]
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Expected to be offered Spring 2014.

HDS 2226

Readings in Christian Latin: Preaching and the Sermon in the Middle Ages
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Wed 1pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 4310

Introduction to Christian Latin
Julian Yolles
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. M W F 8:30am-9:30am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 114.

HDS 4311

Intermediate Grammar and Readings in Christian Latin
Julian Yolles
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 114.

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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 2012-2013. All Weekdays 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 304.

HDS 4040

Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
Irit Aharony
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. All Weekdays 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 205.

HDS 4041

Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
Irit Aharony
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. All Weekdays 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 304.

HDS 4042

Advanced Modern Hebrew I
Irit Aharony
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Mon Wed 1pm-2:30pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 104.

HDS 4043

Advanced Modern Hebrew II
Irit Aharony
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Mon Wed 1pm-2:30pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 215.

HDS 4045

Advanced Bridge Seminar in Modern Hebrew: Israeli Culture
Irit Aharony
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Tue Thu 1pm-3pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 215. & Mon 7pm-9pm FAS,

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Spanish

HDS 4463

Intermediate Spanish Readings
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Tues 6pm-9pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 4464

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

HDS 4465

Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

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Syriac

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

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Other Languages

HDS 3831

Tibetan Religious Literature
Janet Gyatso
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 4050

Introductory Pali
Parimal Patil
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. M W F 2pm-3pm. FAS.

HDS 4051

Introductory Pali
Parimal Patil
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. M W F 2pm-3pm. FAS.

HDS 4070

Sufi Traditions in Persian Literature
Chad Kia
0.50 credits. Fall 2012. Mon Wed 2pm-3:30pm. FAS, Grays Hall, Room 1.

HDS 4120

The Language of Pharaohs: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs I
Peter Der Manuelian
0.50 credits. Spring 2013. Mon Wed 1:30pm-3pm. FAS, 1 Bow Street, Room 330.

[HDS 4121]

[The Language of Pharaohs: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs II]
Peter Der Manuelian
0.50 credits. Expected to be offered Fall 2013. Mon Wed 2pm-3:30pm. FAS.

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