Ancient Near East – Foolish Musings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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