William Propp

William H. C. Propp, Professor of History holds the Harriet and Louis Bookheim Chair in Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages.  He specializes in the civilizations and languages of the ancient Near East, as well as in biblical and Judaic Studies. Since 1983, he has given instruction at UCSD in northwest Semitic epigraphy, Assyriology, Aramaic, Near Eastern history, the Hebrew Bible, and modern Hebrew language and literature. His particular interest is applying models from cultural anthropology to the study of ancient texts.

“In His Image and Likeness: Being Human in Ancient Israel”

This lecture will consider how Genesis chaps. 1-11 trace the evolution of human institutions in a manner comparable to the efforts of contemporary Anthropology.  Our models may differ, but we and the Israelites alike are trying to reconstruct the Makings of our respective Modern Worlds.