Jewish Studies Program

Jewish Studies Faculty

Dan Ben-Amos

Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Folklore

Phone: 898-5857
Office: 835 Williams Hall
Teaching Schedule: T 1:30-3; TR 10:30-12
Office Hours: by appt.
E-mail:
Webpage: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/folklore/faculty/dbamos/

Dan Ben-Amos, trained in the comparatist tradition in Jerusalem and at Indiana University at Bloomington, brings a truly international perspective to the Folklore and Folklife graduate program. He is the editor of a series of translations of folklore classics, primarily from European scholars. Dan holds his faculty appointment in the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department.

Dan teaches History of Folklore Studies, Jewish Folklore, African Folklore, Prose Narrative, Proverb, Riddle and Speech Metaphor, Theories of Myth, Structural Analysis, and Ethnic Humor.

Courses

NELC 252: Themes in Jewish Tradition
NELC 254: Jewish Humor
NELC 258: Jewish Folklore
NELC 653: Folklore in the Hebrew Bible
NELC 682: Proverb, Riddle & Speech Metaphor
NELC 683: Theories of Myth
NELC 684: Prose Narrative

Dan Be-Amos