cleveland.com: Deepak Sarma, professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences, talked about how ancient societies could only explain a solar eclipse by retelling ...

Each year, the Classical Studies department offers a capstone seminar for our graduating seniors. This year, the seminar was organized around the theme of "Ancient Religion." Our seniors have been ...

Esther Brownsmith is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Dayton, having received her doctorate from Brandeis University and conducted postdoctoral research at M.F. Norwegian ...

Though rooted in the past, classics is a constantly evolving discipline. If you want to deepen your knowledge of the languages, literatures, art, archaeology, religion, philosophy, and history of ...

The ancient studies program acknowledges the importance of approaching the civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean world from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Students are encouraged to ...

Stephen J. Davis, who studies ancient and medieval Christianity with a focus on the eastern Mediterranean, has been appointed the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History, ...

Janowitz draws examples from ancient Israelite verbal and nonverbal divine representation, the apostle Paul’s linguistic letter/spirit model, Christian debates about the limits of language to best ...

Harry “Skip” Stout’s enthusiasm for the study of religion in American life is infectious. Just ask one of his former graduate students. Catherine Brekus ’93 Ph.D. was a first-year doctoral student at ...

A team of archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the long-forgotten Byzantine settlement of Tharais, offering significant new insights into the history of Christianity in the Middle East ...