Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible
Alejandro F. Botta teaches Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern languages in the School of Theology. He recently published The Aramaic and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine: An Egyptological Approach (T&T Clark, 2009); co-edited “The Bible and the Hermeneutics of Liberation,” Semeia Studies 59 (Society of Biblical Literature, 2009); and is presently working on an Aramaic Namebook from Ancient Egypt (with Bezalel Porten) and on a commentary on the Book of Chronicles.
Courses in Jewish Studies
- The Cultural Background of the Hebrew Bible (STH TO 814)
- Hebrew Reading and Exegesis I (STH TO 815)
- Hebrew Wisdom (STH TO 816)
- Hebrew Reading and Exegesis II (STH TO 819)
- The Book of Psalms (STH TO 821)