iTunes U: Courses in Classics and Biblical Studies

Every time class registration rolled around I would pore over the course listings for the many different departments at the university, wishing I had an endless amount of electives I could take.  Now with things like iTunes U I can sit in on lectures in some of those classes outside of my major that I just wasn't able to fit into my degree program, whether its psychology, history, or physics.  This interdisciplinary online buffet also includes some good resources in my areas of focus, the ancient world and religious studies.  Below are a few that you might want to check out.  I've broken them down into four categories: (1) Biblical Studies, (2) Ancient Greece, (3) Rome, and (4) Religious Studies.  When you're done with all of these, why not move on to learn about Quantum Mechanics?

Biblical Studies

RLST 145: Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)

Christine Hayes

Open Yale course

[Check out Hayes' openyalecourses book Introduction to the Bible)

The Hebrew Scriptures in Judaism and Christianity

Shaye J.D. Cohen

Harvard, iTunes U

RLST 152: Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature

Dale B. Martin

Open Yale course 

[Check out Martin's openyalecourses book New Testament History and Literature)

Historical Jesus

Stanford, iTunes U

Beginning Hebrew: Ruth

Steven Schweitzer

AMBS, iTunes U

The Basics of New Testament Textual Criticism

Daniel B. Wallace

The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, iTunes U

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece: Myth, Art, War

Gillian Shepherd

LaTrobe, iTunes U

Ancient Greece: City and Society

Gillian Shepherd

LaTrobe, iTunes U

Classical Mythology

Rhiannon Evans

LaTrobe, iTunes U

CLCV 205: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Donald Kagan

Open Yale course

Greek Heroes in Popular Culture Through Time

The Open University, iTunes U

Exploring the Classical World

The Open University, iTunes U

Faculty of Classics

Various podcasts

Oxford, iTunes U

Rome

The Roman World

Rhiannon Evans

LaTrobe, iTunes U

History 106B: The Roman Empire

UC Berkeley, iTunes U

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Bryan Ward-Perkins

Oxford, iTunes U

Hannibal

Stanford, iTunes U

Virgil's Aeneid

Susanna Braund

Stanford, iTunes U

HSAR 252: Roman Architecture

Diana E.E. Kleiner

Open Yale course

HIST 210: The Early Middle Ages, 284-1000

Paul H. Freedman

Open Yale course

Religious Studies:

Religious Perspectives on Violence, Nonviolence, War & Peace

Stanford, iTunes U