Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings
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16.1103 - Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical languages, literatures and linguistics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on one or more of the extinct Semitic and/or Non-Semitic languages spoken in the ancient Near East, including those used to write historical Jewish and Christian religious texts. These languages include, but are not limited to, Egyptian/Coptic, Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Aramaic, Canaanite, Phoenician, Samarian, Ugaritic, Syriac, Mandean, Hattic, Elamite, Hurrian, Hittite, Urartian, Lydian, Luwian, Lycian, Palaic, Sabaean/South Arabian, and other associated languages. These programs include courses in philology, epigraphy, papyrology, numismatics, and textual studies.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Akkadian
    • Ancient Near Eastern languages and literature
    • Assyrian
    • Babylonian
    • Biblical languages
    • Biblical languages and literature
    • Biblical literature
    • Hittite
    • Phoenician
    • Sumerian

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Bible studies(39.0201)
    • Semitic languages and literature(16.1100)
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