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Instructor Helps
Relevant Courses
History Courses on Western Civilization, the Ancient Near East, or Military History
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Relevant Topics would include discussions of the Scythians, Syria-Palestine in the Iron II period, the Moabites, Ancient Israel, the Assyrians, or ancient warfare.
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How did a type of weapon invented by the Scythians come to be used in the
Ancient Near East?
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Where are the Scythians mentioned in the Assyrian records, Herodotus, or the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament?
Archaeology Courses on the Ancient Near East
- Relevant topics would include units on ancient warfare in Syria-Palestine, technological development and spread in the Iron II period, the usefulness or uselessness of archaeological material for determining ethnicity or cultural identity
- What types of weaponry were useful against ancient armor? Why were they useful?
- How and why did technological developments spread in the ancient world?
- Can archaeologists determine the ethnic group that created an object? What impact does
cultural contact have on this question?
Cultural Anthropology Courses
- Relevant topics would include discussions of ethnicity.
- Is ethnicity expressed through material culture?
- How does contact between distinct groups of people affect a group's material culture?
- Can one speak of ethnicity?
Religion Courses on the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament including introductory courses and specialized courses on the historical books or the prophets
- Relevant topics would include images of warfare in the Hebrew Bible or the prophetic view of
other nations and cultures.
- Who were the Scythians in the Biblical texts?
- Why is warfare portrayed so vividly in the Bible- both figuratively and in the historical texts?
Heather McMurray
Email: Hrmcmurray@aol.com
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