Teaching

Paris: 2006

Les particules modales en Paléo-babylonien: Seminar at the École Pratique des Hautes Étues, Paris.

 Jerusalem: 2008/09

1. Elementary Akkadian; BA 42101  (Mon. and Wed. 08:30-10:00) ► course

2. Introduction to the History of Mesopotamia (Early Periods, Akkad Kingdom, Ur III Dynasty); BA (Wed. 10:30-12:00) ►course

3. New Letters from the Mari Archives; MA seminar 42811 (Mon. 10:30-12:00) ►course 

Venice: Nov. 2008 / Sept. 2009

Advanced Seminar in the Humanities 2008–2009. Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome, and the Near East, VIU (Venice International University)  ►course

Jerusalem: 2009/10

1. Introduction to the History of Mesopotamia (The Amorite World); BA (Tue. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2. Advanced Akkadian: Wisdom Literature; BA (Tue. 12:30-14:00) ► course

3. Incantations against Demons and Animals; BA (Summer semester, Thu. 10:30-14:00) ► course

4. Reading in the Gilgamesh and Erra Epics; MA (Winter semester, Thu. 10:30-14:00) ► course

Leipzig 2010/11 (Winter Semester)

Old Babylonian Incantations: Seminar at the Altorientalisches Institut Universität Leipzig.

Jerusalem: 2011 (Summer semester)

1. From Gilgamesh to Alexander the Great: Introduction to Mesopotamian Civilization; BA (Tue. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2. Selected Letters from the Mari Archives; BA (Tue. 14:30-16:00) ► course

3. "Burn the Witch!" - Anti-witchcraft Literature in Ancient Mesopotamia; MA (Thu. 10:30-14:00) ► course

Jerusalem: 2011/12

1.  Akkadian for Beginners; BA (Tue. and Thu. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2. Bird of Horror: The Anzu Myths (Winter semester, Thu. 14:30-16:00) ► course

3. The Middle Assyrian Laws; MA (Summer semester, Thu. 14:30-16:00) ► course

Jerusalem: 2012/13

1. Akkadian for Beginners (with Ms. Avigail Wagschal); BA (Mon. and Wed. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2.  Old Babylonian Love Poetry; MA (Wed. 14:30–16:00) ► course

3. Tutorial Reading for PhD Students ► course

4. Topics in Biblical Archaeology (with Prof. Ilan Sharon and Dr. Sharon Zukerman) (Mon. 14:30-16:00) ► course

Leipzig: May 2013

 Love Lyrics and Amatory Texts (4–17 May: "Blockseminar")

Jerusalem: 2013/14

1. Akkadian for Beginners; BA (Mon. and Wed. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2. Digital Databases for Advanced Students in Ancient Near Eastern Studies; MA (Winter semester, Wed. 12:30-14:00)

3. Advanced Akkadian: Magical Texts; BA (Summer semester,Wed. 12:30-14:00)

Jerusalem: 2014/15

1. The Assyrian Dialect: Letters, Royal Inscriptions, Laws; BA (Winter semester, Mon 10:30-12:00) ► course

2. Kings and Cities: Introduction to the History of the Ancient Near East; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 16:30-18:00) ► course

3. The Zimri-Lim Epic; MA (Winter semester, Wed. 12:30-14:00) ► course

Leipzig: June 2015

The Epic of Zimri-lim in its Literary Context (11–19 June: "Blockseminar")

Jerusalem: 2015/16

1. Akkadian for Beginners; BA (Mon. and Wed. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2. Evil is lurking everywhere: The canonical series of Lamashtu; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 10:30-12:00) ► course

3. Hymns to the Goddess Ishtar; MA (Summer semester, Wed. 12:30-14:00) ► course

 Leipzig: December 2016

Die altbabylonische Hymne Ištar-Louvre (12–14 December: "Blockseminar")

Jerusalem: 2016/17

1.  Kings & Cities: Introduction to the History of Ancient Mesopotamia; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 18:30-20:00) ► course

2. Selected Old Babylonian Letters; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 14:30-16:00) ► course

3. The Middle Assyrian Laws; MA (Summer semester, Mon. 18:30-20:00) ► course

4.  A glance at the Netherworld: The Mesopotamian realm of dead; BA (Winter semester, Wed. 12:30-14:00) ► course

5.  Selected Letters from the Mari Archives; BA (Summer semester, Mon. 10:30-12:00) ► course

Warsaw: February 2017

Death and Afterlife in Ancient Mesopotamia (20–24 February: "Blockseminar")

Jerusalem: 2017/18

1. Akkadian for Beginners; BA (Mon. and Wed. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2.  Death in the Literature of Mesopotamia; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 16:30-18:00) ► course

3. You Cross Regularly Through the Heavens: The Great Shamash Hymn; BA (Summer semester, Wed. 14:30-16:00) ► course

4.  Akkadian incantations against demons, sickness, and various animals; MA  (Mon. 12:30-14:00) ► course

Leipzig: December 2017

Reading Tablets from Photos (4–7 December: "Blockseminar". With Prof. M. P. Streck)

Jerusalem: 2018/19

1. Kings & Cities: Introduction to the History of Ancient Mesopotamia; BA (Summer semester, Mon. 16:30-18:00) ► course

2. Wisdom Literature: Advanced Akkadian; BA (Summer semester, Mon. 12:30-14:00) ► course

3. The Assyrian Dialect: Letters; BA (Summer semester, Wed. 10:30-12:00) ► course

Jerusalem: 2019/20

1. Introduction to Akkadian; BA (Winter semester, Mon. and Wed. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2. Akkadian Texts for Beginners ; BA (Summer semester, Mon. and Wed. 10:30-12:00) ► course

Jerusalem: 2020/21

1. Reading in the Laws of Hammurapi; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 10:30–12:00) ► course

2. Selected Old Babylonian Letters: BA (Winter semester, Mon. 13:00–14:30) ► course

3. Kings & Cities: Introduction to the History of Ancient Mesopotamia; BA (Summer semester, Mon. 17:00-18:30) ► course

4. The Flood in Akkadian Literature (Summer semester, Mon. 10:30-12:00) ► course

Jerusalem: 2021/22

5. Akkadian Wisdom Literature; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 10:30–12:00) ► course

6. Letters and Documents from the Mari Archive: MA (Winter semester, Mon. 15:00–16:45) ► course

7. Death in the Literature of Mesopotamia; BA (Summer semester, Mon. 10:30-12:00) ► course

8. Akkadian Love Poetry (Summer semester, Mon. 15:00–16:45) ► course

Jerusalem: 2022/23

1. Kings & Cities: Introduction to the History of Ancient Mesopotamia; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 10:30-12:00) ► course

2. The Flood in Akkadian Literature; BA (Winter semester, Mon. 15:00–16:30 ► course

3. The Zimri-lim Epic; MA (Winter semester, Wed. 12:30–14:00) ► course

Vienna April 2023

Old Babylonian Incantations and Magical Texts  (17–20 April: "Blockseminar")

Jerusalem: 2023/24

Gods, World, Man: Ancient Mesopotamian Religion (Winter semester, Wed. 16:30–18:00) ► course

Elements of Akkadian of the Akkadian Language: Grammar and Texts (Winter-Spring semesters: Sun. 10:30–12:00; Wed. 10:30–12:00) ► course

Akkadian Laments (Spring semester, Wed. 16:30–18:00) ► course