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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 21

Bible: Genesis

1-11

Full Bible Texts (Christian Bible)

Full Tanakh Texts (Hebrew Bible or Old Testament)

August 25

Bible: Genesis

12-25

(see August 22 links)
August 28

Bible: Genesis

26-50

(see August 22 links)
September 1 Bible: Exodus, Numbers 20 (see August 22 links)
September 4

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

(see August 22 links)
September 8

Bible: Samuel I,

Samuel IIKings I, 1-4

(see August 22 links)
September 11 Bible: Psalms (selections: see Fall Semester Appendix) (see August 22 links)
September 15 Bible: Amos; Jonah; Isaiah 40-55 (see August 22 links)
September 18 Bible: Job (see August 22 links)
September 22

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 25

Lucretius: De Rerum Natura

IV-VI

(see September 27 links)
September 29

Virgil: Aeneid

I-IV

Trans. John Dryden (Project Gutenberg)

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

October 2

Virgil: Aeneid

V-VIII

(see September 30 links)
October 6

Virgil: Aeneid

IX-XII

(see September 30 links)
October 9

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 13

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 16

Tacitus: Annals

III-VI

(see October 14 links)
October 20 Epictetus: Handbook (Encheiridion)

Trans. Thomas W. Higginson (Project Gutenberg)

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

October 23 Bible: Matthew

Full Bible Texts (Christian Bible)

New Testament-Only Texts

October 27 Bible: Luke (see October 24 links)
October 30 Bible: Acts (see October 24 links)
November 3

Bible: Gospel of John;
First Letter of John

(see October 24 links)
November 6 Bible: I Corinthians (see October 24 links)
November 10 Bible: Romans; James (see October 24 links)
November 13

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 17

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 20

Augustine: Confessions

VI-IX

(see November 18 links)
November 24

Augustine: Confessions

X-XI

(see November 18 links)
December 1 Anselm: Proslogium

Trans. M. J. Charlesworth (JSTOR)

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

December 4

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 8

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 11

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)