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Faculty - W. Randall Garr, Ph.D.

  
 

Ph.D. in Northwest Semitic Languages, Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near East -
Yale University

wrgarr@religion.ucsb.edu

Areas of Academic Interest:

  • Hebrew Bible
  • Religions of the Ancient Near East
  • Northwest Semitic Languages

Recent Publications:

  • "Driver's Treatise and the Study of Hebrew: Then and Now," in S.R. Driver, A Treatise on the use of the Tenses in Hebrew (3rd ed.; 1892; reprinted, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997), xviii-lxxxvi.
  • "'Image' and 'Likeness' in the Inscription from Tell Fakhariyeh," Israel Exploration Journal 50 (2000).

Current/Planned Research/Projects:

  • Priestly ideology
  • Biblical Hebrew discourse structure

Courses Taught:

  • RS 17A-C: Biblical Hebrew
  • RS 115A: Literature and Religion of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • RS 129: Religions of the Ancient Near East
  • RS 142A-C: Religious Literature in Hebrew

Curriculum Vitae:

http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/faculty/Garr_CV.pdf

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