Blake Hartung
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Mail code: 4302Campus: Tempe
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Blake Hartung is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Religious Studies and History at Arizona State University. Broadly speaking, his research focuses on religious literatures and cultures in the Middle East in late antiquity (third through seventh centuries C.E.), with a special emphasis on the Syriac Christian tradition. He is the author of a monograph entitled Imagining the Death of Jesus in Fourth Century Mesopotamia: A Study of Ephrem of Nisibis (Brill, 2023). He was also the lead translator for a co-authored volume of the songs of Ephrem of Nisibis (307-373 CE), published by Catholic University of America Press. His other research interests include the relationship between religion and political culture and manuscripts/book production in the ancient world, all of which informs his classes on ancient history at ASU.
He has participated in a collaborative effort to digitize and catalogue thousands of manuscripts from the Vatican Library and held a postdoctoral fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (2019). He has also worked for several seasons on late Roman/Byzantine period archaeological excavations of the ancient city of Abila (northern Jordan).
Ph.D. Saint Louis University 2017
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 102 | Ancient Mediterranean/Europe |
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 374 | Roman History II |
| LAT 374 | Roman History II |
| SLC 374 | Roman History II |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 102 | Ancient Mediterranean/Europe |
| HST 373 | Roman History I |
| LAT 373 | Roman History I |
| SLC 373 | Roman History I |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| REL 272 | Heretics, Saints & Emperors |
| HST 374 | Roman History II |
| HST 272 | Heretics, Saints & Emperors |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 598 | Special Topics |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| HST 102 | Ancient Mediterranean/Europe |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 598 | Special Topics |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| HST 102 | Ancient Mediterranean/Europe |
| HST 100 | Global History to 1500 |
| REL 372 | Formation/Christian Tradition |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 374 | Roman History II |
| HST 102 | Western Civ: Ancient&Med Euro |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
| REL 371 | New Testament |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| REL 100 | Religions of the World |
| HST 102 | Western Civ: Ancient&Med Euro |
| HST 373 | Roman History I |