Doctor's degree in Near Eastern Religions at Church Divinity School of the Pacific

 

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Doctor's Degree in Near Eastern Religions at Church Divinity School of the Pacific

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Doctor's degree
Near Eastern Religions

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Degrees Offered: Ph.D.
The Joint Ph.D. program in Near Eastern Religions is the only one of its kind in this country. The rich faculty resources of the Near Eastern Studies department at the University of California, Berkeley and the Biblical Studies Area of the Graduate Theological Union are combined to provide students a variety of areas of concentration. The student’s own interests and resources can be combined in creative and innovative ways with the opportunities offered by the program. The expansive library holdings of the University and GTU libraries complement the depth of faculty resources available to students in the program. The Ph.D. degree is granted jointly by the Graduate Theological Union and the University of California, Berkeley.

Students may study, in depth, the archaeology, history, languages, literatures, and thought patterns of the ancient Near East and Egypt, with emphasis on various forms of the religious expression of these ancient peoples.

Among the fields students may study are: biblical or Near Eastern archaeology; the comparative religions of the ancient Near East; early post-biblical Hebrew literature; Hebrew Bible (history, literature, or theology); Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Canaanite or Iranian religion and mythology. Minor fields may include any of those listed, and also later Judaica, early Christian literature, history and archeology (to the end of the first century C.E.). Interpretive approaches include cognitive archaelogy, feminist readings, anthropological modeling, new historicism, cultural studies, rhetorical analysis, and queer theory.

Some sample programs, listing the major, two minors and appropriate ancient languages:
  • Hebrew Bible, Mesopotamian Religion, Near Eastern Archaeology; Hebrew and Akkadian.
  • Comparative Religion, History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible; Hebrew, Akkadian and Hittite.
  • Iranian Religion, Literature of the Ancient Near East, Mesopotamian History and Culture; Iranian and Akkadian.
  • Mesopotamian Religion, Hebrew Bible, Near Eastern Archaeology; Akkadian and Hebrew.
  • Biblical Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern History and Literature, Biblical Literature; Hebrew, Ugaritic and Akkadian.
  • Biblical Literature, Later Judaica, Early Christian Literature, History or Archaeology; Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.
  • Hebrew Bible, Egyptian History, Biblical Archaeology; Hebrew and Egyptian.
  • New Testament, Roman society, Roman religions; Greek and Latin.
  • Egyptian Religion, Literature of the Ancient Near East; Akkadian, Sumerian and Hebrew.
  • Mythology, Hebrew Bible, Literature of the Ancient Near East; Akkadian, Sumerian and Hebrew.
  • Early Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature, Judaica, Ancient Near Eastern Religions; Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.

    Admission Requirements
    To be admitted to the Joint Degree program, a student must have an accredited B.A. and an M.A. (or its equivalent) in Near Eastern or biblical studies, or a related field from an accredited academic institution. The student must also have competence in at least two ancient languages and one modern foreign language appropriate for the proposed program.

    Applicants must be accepted by both the University of California Graduate Division and the Graduate Theological Union. Separate admissions committees from each institution make recommendations to the Executive Committee for the Joint Doctoral Program.

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