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A 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. Includes instruction in languages such as Egyptian/Coptic, Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Aramaic, Cannanite, Phonecian, Samarian, Ugaritic, Syriac, Mandean, Hattic, Elamite, Hurrian, Hittite, Urartian, Lydian, Luwian, Lycian, Palaic, Sabaean/South Arabian, and other associated languages, plus allied disciplines such as philology, epigraphy, papyrology, numismatics, and textual studies.

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| A major in Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 13
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | Union University Jackson, TN | 7 (1.7%) |  |  |
|  | Brigham Young University Provo, UT | 5 (0.1%) |  |  |
|  | Concordia University - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 4 (3.6%) |  |  |
|  | Concordia University River Forest, IL | 4 (1.9%) |  |  |
|  | Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI | 4 (0.7%) |  |  |
| | Northland Baptist Bible College Dunbar, WI | 2 (2.0%) |  |  |
|  | Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL | 2 (0.4%) |  |  |
|  | Yale University New Haven, CT | 2 (0.1%) |  |  |
|  | Howard Payne University Brownwood, TX | 2 (0.9%) |  |  |
|  | North Central University Minneapolis, MN | 2 (1.2%) |  |  |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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