Current Academic Courses Offered
Dr. Singleton currently teaches three undergraduate courses at God’s Bible School and College. History of the Ancient Near East examines the civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant from their earliest development through the Iron Age III period. Literature of the Ancient Near East explores myths, epics, wisdom texts, royal inscriptions, annals, legal collections, and other major literary traditions of the ancient world. Religions of the Ancient Near East surveys the beliefs and practices of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant, while also tracing the development of early, middle, and late Hebraism and examining the influence of Persian, Greek, and Roman religious traditions on the ancient Near East.
An introduction to the peoples, history, and culture of the ancient Near East from the earliest times through the Iron Age, specifically the regions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant. This course is organized using the Longue Durée approach to historiography and will therefore discuss geographical, social, and individual time.
An introduction to the literature of the ancient Near East from the advent of writing through the Iron Age, specifically concerning the regions of Mesopotamia and the Levant, but also Egypt as it pertains to the ancient Near East. Literature includes myths and epics, legal texts, treaties, historical texts, key inscriptions, hymns, wisdom literature, oracles and prophecies, poetry, and letters.
An introduction to the gods and cultic practices of the ancient Near East as they relate to the religious practices of the Israelites and the Biblical text. Topics will be drawn from Early Bronze through Roman times.