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Online Texts for Program Readings: Fall Semester

This guide provides links to full-text resources and audio resources available for program readings.

2024 Fall Semester Reading List

Date Reading Online Resources
August 22

Bible: Genesis

1-11

Full Bible Texts (Christian Bible)

Full Tanakh Texts (Hebrew Bible or Old Testament)

August 26

Bible: Genesis

12-25

(see August 22 links)
August 29

Bible: Genesis

26-50

(see August 22 links)
September 2 Bible: Exodus, Numbers 20 (see August 22 links)
September 5

Bible: Leviticus 11, 18-20; Deuteronomy (complete)

(see August 22 links)
September 9

Bible: Samuel I,

Samuel IIKings I, 1-4

(see August 22 links)
September 12 Bible: Psalms (selections: see Fall Semester Appendix) (see August 22 links)
September 16 Bible: Amos; Jonah; Isaiah 40-55 (see August 22 links)
September 19 Bible: Job (see August 22 links)
September 23

Lucretius: De Rerum Natura

I-III

Trans. Cyril Bailey (Online Library of Liberty)

Trans. William E. Leonard ("Metrical Translation"; Project Gutenberg)

Trans. W. D. H. Rouse (with Latin; Digital Loeb Classical Library)

Read by Hugh Ross; Trans. Ian Johnston (English Verse; Naxos Spoken Word Library)

September 26

Lucretius: De Rerum Natura

IV-VI

(see September 27 links)
September 30

Virgil: Aeneid

I-IV

Trans. John Dryden (Project Gutenberg)

Trans. H. R. Fairclough (with Latin; Digital Loeb Classical Library)

October 3

Virgil: Aeneid

V-VIII

(see September 30 links)
October 7

Virgil: Aeneid

IX-XII

(see September 30 links)
October 10

Plutarch: Lives

Caesar;

Cato the Younger

Trans. John Dryden; Revised by A. H. Clough (Project Gutenberg)

Trans. Bernadotte Perrin (with Greek; Digital Loeb Classical Library)

Read by Bernard Mayes; Trans. John Dryden (Naxos Spoken Word Library)

  • Caesar (tracks 16-18)
  • Cato the Younger (tracks 21-23)
October 14

Tacitus: Annals

I-II

Trans. Thomas Gordon (Project Gutenberg)

Trans. John Jackson (Digital Loeb Classical Library)

Read by David Timson; Trans. Alfred J. Church and William J. Brodribb (Naxos Spoken Word Library)

October 17

Tacitus: Annals

III-VI

(see October 14 links)
October 21 Epictetus: Handbook (Encheiridion)

Trans. Thomas W. Higginson (Project Gutenberg)

Trans. W. A. Oldfather (with Greek; Digital Loeb Classical Library)

October 24 Bible: Matthew

Full Bible Texts (Christian Bible)

New Testament-Only Texts

October 28 Bible: Luke (see October 24 links)
October 31 Bible: Acts (see October 24 links)
November 4

Bible: Gospel of John;
First Letter of John

(see October 24 links)
November 7 Bible: I Corinthians (see October 24 links)
November 11 Bible: Romans; James (see October 24 links)
November 14

Plotinus

(selections: see Fall Semester Appendix)

Trans. A. H. Armstrong (with Greek; Digital Loeb Classical Library)

  • Vol. 3 (Ennead III; includes "Contemplation")
  • Vol. 5 (Ennead V; includes "The Three Primal Hypostases")

Trans. Stephen Mackenna (Online Library of Liberty)

(PDF of the Loeb translation (A.H. Armstrong) available in the bookstore)

November 18

Augustine: Confessions

I-V

Trans. Carolyn J. -B. Hammond (with Latin; Digital Loeb Classical Library)

Trans. Edward. B. Pusey (Project Gutenberg)

Read by Bernard Mayes; Trans. Edward B. Pusey (Naxos Spoken Word Library)

Read by Mark Meadows; Trans. R. S. Pine-Coffin (Naxos Spoken Word Library)

November 21

Augustine: Confessions

VI-IX

(see November 18 links)
November 25

Augustine: Confessions

X-XI

(see November 18 links)
December 2 Anselm: Proslogium

Trans. M. J. Charlesworth (JSTOR)

Trans. Sidney N. Deane (Online Library of Liberty)

December 5

Christian Creeds (see Fall Semester Appendix);

Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae

Prologue;

First Part (Pars Prima):

Questions 1-2

Apostolic Creed (translators unknown)

Nicene Creed (translators unknown)

Athanasian Creed (translators unknown)

(all creeds also available in the bookstore at the back of the "Selections from the Summa Theologica" class manual)

Summa TheologiaeTrans. Fathers of the Dominican Province (Online Library of Liberty)

December 9

Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae

First Part (Pars Prima):

Question 3: Articles 1-4;

Question 4;

Question 6: Articles 1-2;

Question 7: Article 1;

Question 8: Articles 1, 3;

Question 9: Article 1;

Question 11: Articles 3-4

(see December 5 links)
December 12

Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae

First Part (Pars Prima):

Question 12: Articles 1, 4, 5, 7, 11-13;

Question 13: Articles 1-5, 11-12

(see December 5 links)