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Category: Ancient Near East

March 22, 2020 Ancient Near East / Greco Roman / Summary videos

An Introduction to Classical Mediterranean Thought

Stretching from some of the earliest recorded urban and literate cultures in the near east, through the emergence of the

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February 1, 2020 Ancient Near East / Greco Roman

Classical Mediterranean Mathematics

Mathematics – as in the study of quantity, space, time and change – has a storied history in the Mediterranean

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December 14, 2019 Ancient Near East / Greco Roman

Euclides and the Megarian School

Secondary sources David Sedley, The Megarian School – REP Susanne Bobzien, The Dialectical School – SEP

December 11, 2019 Ancient Near East / Greco Roman

Greco-Roman Mystery Religions

Primary Sources The Orphic Hymns, Thomas Taylor Greek Mysteries, Michael B. Cosmopoulos Secondary Sources Orphic Tradition and the Birth of

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December 8, 2019 Abrahamic / Ancient Near East / Jewish

The Book of Job

Primary texts The book of Job – http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2701.htm Secondary Texts Job, Richard W. Corney The Old Testament, Amy-Jill Levine

November 16, 2019 Ancient Near East / Judaism

The Origins of Judaism

Primary Sources Tanakh, the Jewish Publishing Society Secondary Sources The Book of Genesis, Gary A. Rendsburg Old Testament, Amy-Jill Levine

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November 9, 2019 Ancient Near East / Greco Roman

Greco-Roman Myth and Poetry

Primary The Iliad and Odyssey, Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition Hesiod Works and Days, Penguin Classics The Odes

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March 23, 2019 Ancient Near East

Zarathustra

Primary sources: The Zend Avesta, Part I, II and III; Friedrich Max Müller Secondary Sources: Zoroastrianism: A Guide for the

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March 3, 2019 Ancient Near East

Ancient Egyptian Thought

Happy March everyone! Please find my latest video reflection on Ancient Egyptian Thought. General Background History of Ancient Egypt, Bob

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