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Abdelazar

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    Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (PhD)

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  1. For HDS, the concern would be who they will have teaching OT/HB. I would guess that Prof. Levenson may be near retirement in the next few years, if not sooner. I don't know whether Prof. Teeter got tenure or not in this past year; it might be worth emailing him about your interest in the department. The archaeology of Israel chair (formerly occupied by Larry Stager) has still yet to be filled as far as I know. I don't think they can just get rid of the department entirely, but just know that it is somewhat in flux right now. If someone has more recent news, I'm happy to be corrected--I haven't been in contact with any Harvard people in about a year.
  2. Congratulations! Which subfield?
  3. I was emailed back and told that for Hebrew Bible, 3 offers were made and one student accepted. The others have not responded yet. If you have been accepted (or wait listed), I would appreciate it if you let them know of your decision as soon as you are able, since I need to make travel & moving arrangements for whichever program I end up at.
  4. Waitlisted for Hebrew Bible. I emailed the dept. to ask my current app status this morning.
  5. Rejection notification from UCLA NELC (Hebrew Bible) this morning. Best wishes if you got accepted; it's a great program!
  6. I was told that I am on the waitlist at Emory for Hebrew Bible last month but haven't heard back yet still. I just emailed the dept. today to ask about my app status.
  7. Not sure when rejections will go out but some people have received an email saying they are on the wait list for Hebrew Bible. Btw, in the past, I never got an email from Harvard saying my app status was changed, it was always just changed on the website with no email notification.
  8. same for me and same school (ND - CJA)! it's okay, we're all in this together. lots of good applicants and so many factors that I don't take things too personally anymore.
  9. I was on the waist list for Harvard NELC (Hebrew Bible) 2 years ago and I was notified that I was on the wait list around the beginning or middle March, I think. Last year I got an outright rejection from Harvard and the notification on the website was posted in the last week of February. Harvard NELC does not conduct interviews. Just a friendly reminder that, as multiple professors from these programs have told me, "it's a craps shoot." And another told me that sometimes even professors aren't full aware of or in control of how admissions committees make decisions. Neither of these things are fun to hear, but at least it helps me to not take rejections so personally.
  10. I heard back from Harvard NELC around the end of February last year. But if you are waitlisted, sometimes you may not hear that you are on the wait list until March.
  11. Re: TEDS, as others have said, aside from a few scholarships, I believe most PhD students there are not funded. You may also want to ask about job placement. Evangelical seminaries/liberal arts universities are generally happy to hire TEDS grads, but it will be harder to engage in the wider world of academia (e.g. SBL and other conferences, publishing).
  12. Two year ago, I was told by one Harvard NELC professor that it could be worth applying to both and I was told by another professor in the same department that it wouldn't increase my chances to apply to both NELC and Study of Religion. But this was regarding Hebrew Bible. I think you are right that there would be two different committees who may make different decisions though. I would guess that committees begin looking over materials sometime in January and meet more than once until around March. Others here may have inside knowledge about the mysterious process of how admissions committees work!
  13. For Hebrew Bible programs, I applied to Harvard (NELC), UCLA, Emory, Duke, and ND (CJA). Best wishes to you all!
  14. The Quant score shouldn't matter for most religious studies/theology/biblical studies programs. I got a very low quant score and still got several interviews and wait listings. For all the applications I've submitted, you can submit the whole application while your recommendation letters remain to be submitted by your recommenders. So all the app material you're responsible for would be sent in while the program is just waiting for your rec letters to be received.
  15. On the wait list for Emory (Hebrew Bible). 1 person denied, 2 offers are still outstanding.
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