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Middle Eastern Classics Reading Lists

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Selected Texts

Epic of Gilgamesh

Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jonah, Esther, and Job 

Philo, On the Creation

Talmud

Gospel of Matthew

Gospel of John

Origen, On First Principles

Pseudo-Dionysius, The Divine Names, The Mystical Theology

Mu鈥榓llaq膩t (Desert Tracings) 

A峁弓膩r, Memorial of God鈥檚 Friends

Man峁Ｅ玶 al-岣ll膩j, poems

Zohar

Ibn Gabirol, The Font of Life

Judah Halevi, The Kuzari (selections)

鈥楢bd al-Jabb膩r, Book of the Five Fundamentals

al-San奴s墨, Foundational Proofs

Ibn S墨n膩, The Metaphysics of the Healing

Ibn 峁瑄fayl, 岣yy ibn Yaq岷撃乶

al-Ghaz膩l墨, Deliverance from Error, The Alchemy of Happiness, The Incoherence of the Philosophers

Ibn Rushd, The Decisive Treatise, The Incoherence of the Incoherence

Ferdowsi, The Book of Kings

鈥極mar Khayy膩m, Rub膩鈥榠y膩t

Ni岷撃乵墨, Layla and Majn奴n

鈥楢峁弓膩r, The Conference of the Birds

Sa鈥榙墨, Gulist膩n

Ibn al-F膩ri岣�, The Wine Ode, Poem of the Sufi Way, Poem of the Sufi Way

岣つ乫i岷�, poems

Jah膩n Malik Kh膩t奴n: poemsSuhraward墨, The Philosophy of Illumination

Mull膩 峁dr膩, The Book of Metaphysical Penetrations

Ibn Khald奴n, Muqaddimah

Preceptorials

Fall

Preceptorials remain the same each fall. Select works of Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus are read during the first eight weeks, and the Qur’膩n鈥痑nd Ibn 示Is岣ツ乹, The Life of Muhammad are read during the second eight weeks. 

Spring

Preceptorials remain the same each spring. Select works of al-F膩r膩b墨, & Maimonides are read during the first eight weeks, and Ibn al-‘Arab墨’s鈥�Ringstones of Wisdom鈥痑nd selected works of R奴m墨 are read during the second eight weeks. 

Summer

Elective preceptorials will be available during the summer semester.