Bronze Age Mythology

AMS-381F-1

Binghamton University

  • Semester
    Winter 25/26
  • Instructor
    Theresa Kadish (P)
  • Start Date
    12-17-2025
  • Total Credits
    4
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    607-777-6088

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A survey of Bronze Age Mythology. Students will read Southwest Asian mythological texts, with an eye towards how Bronze Age thematic motifs are taken up, elaborated, or negated, in later Abrahamic literature. Students will read English translations of the core myths of Sumerian, Egyptian, Hittite, Greek, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Ugaritic polities, including The Descent of Innana, The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Death and Resurrection of Osiris, Hesiod’s Theogony, and the Baal Cycle. This course frames mythology from an evolutionary perspective, exploring how Eastern Mediterranean history, especially the Late Bronze Age Collapse and subsequent rise of Assyria, impacted the development of Israelite literature. Throughout the course these early texts will be compared to relevant selections from the Tanach and the Gospels.
General Education Area(s): Basic Communication
Course Area: Humanities
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Dates: 12-17-2025 - 01-16-2026
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Instructor: Theresa Kadish (P)
Local Course ID: 26WI_BIN_AMS381F_01
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