DEPARTMENT OF MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

MIDDLE EASØ STUDIES

Wright, G. E. BiЫ Teat Archaeology. (Westminster Press, 1958.)

Mbnght, W. F.—Archaeology and the Religion of Israel. (Johns Hopkins Press, 1946.)

Manson, T. W.—Companion to the Bible. (New ed., H. H. Rowley, T. and T.

Clark, 1963. )

Manson, W.—The Gospel of Luke. ( Hodder & Stoughton, 1930.) Conzelmann, 1.—The Theology of Saint Luke. (Faber

1960.) Bruce

,

F. F.—The

А

ctа of the Apostles.

(

Tyndale, Lon

don, 1951.) Dibelius, М.—Studies in the Acts of the Apostles. ( S.C.M., 1956.) Thompson, J. A.—The Bible and Archaeology. (Paternoster, 1963.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.

64-2. BIBLICAL STUDIES PART II

A course in biblical studies consisting of two lectures and two tutorials per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

A study with commentaries of the books of Jeremlab, Psalms and Synoptic Gospels in any English translation, and of Biblical history from the beginning of II Kings until the period of the Seleucid dynasty.

Special attention will be given to religious thought. The study of Biblical Archaeology will continue together with the study of Biblical Chronology in its relation to Assyro-Babylonian history.

BOOKS

Special topic for 1969: Prophecy.

Lindblom, J.—Prophecy in Ancient Israel. ( Blaсkwell» 1963.) Prescribed textbooks:

As for Bid ical Studies part I plus:

Skinner. J.-Prophecy and Religion. ( C.U.P. Paperback. ) Weiser, A.—The Psalms. (E.T., S.C.M., 1964.)

Chaise, J.—God's Herald.,. (Wagner, N.Y., 1955.)

or Lods, A.—Israei: The Prophets and the Rine

of

Judaism. (Kegaa Paul, 1935.

.

) Olmstead, T.—History of Assyria. (U. of Chicago Press, 1951.)

Wiseman, D. .—Chronicles of the Chaldean Kings.

London, 1958.)

Grant,

R. 1.—An

нisčo icaff I нкrоаuction to the (Nata Tsstasnesd. (Co

l

^in,

1963.)

Dibelfius, M.-From Tradition to Gospel. ( 2nd rev. ed. Scribner Library, 1933, Taylor, V.—The Formation of the Gospel Tradition. (2nd ed., Macmillan, 1935.) Cadbury, H. J.—The Makin of Luke-Acts. ( Macnxllan, 1958. )

Bultmann, R.—History o f the Synoptic Traditkrn. ( Blackwell, 1963.)

Gospel Parallels. (First three Gospels following Huck-Lietzmann and using the EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.

64-3. BIBLICAL STUDIES PART III

A course in Biblical Studies consisting of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

The course will comprise a study of Dead Sea Scrolls in English translation, selected writings from Apocrypha and New Testament, with special reference to Johannine thought and its antecedents; and an introduction to the Biblical text, canon and versions. In addition all students will study Palestinian history from second century B.C. to second century A.D. and either (a) Palestinian archaeology of the Iецеnistie and Roman periods, or (b) PaulIne Christology.

Books

(a) Prescribed texts:

Caster, T. Н.—Scrlpturеs of the Dead Sea Scrolls. ( Seeker & Warburg, 1957.) Josephus—Antiquities; Jewish War. (tr. Whiston; or St. J. Thackeray, Heine-

mann,

FACULTY OF 11Ѕ HANDBOOK

Bowman, J.--The Gospel of Mark. ( Brill, Leiden, 1964.)

Burrows, 1.—More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls. ( Seeker & Warburg, 1958.) Fritsch, C. T.—The Qumran Community—Its History and Scrolls. (Macmillan,

N.Y., 1956.)

Stendahl, K.—

Тhе

Scrolls and the New Testament. ( S.C.M., 1958. )

Mowry,

L.—The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Early Church. ( University of Chicago Press.)

Charles, R. Н .—Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. (Macmillan, Lind., 1917.) Goodenough, E. R. Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period. ( Billigen,

1958-9.)

Simons, J.—Jerusalem

In the 0id Testament. ( Brill, Leiden, 1952.)

Bruce, F. F.—The Books and the Parchments. (3rd ed., Pickering & Inglis, 1963.)

Hanson, R. P. C.—Tradition in the Early Church. ( S.C.M., 1962.) Pfeiffer, R.

Н. Нistо

ry.of New Testament Times. (A. & C. Black, 1949.) Special Study: Johãnnine Literature.

Grant, R. M.—An Нistoricа l Introduction to the New Testament. ( Collins, 1963.) Knox, R. A. New Testament Commentary for English

Readers. (Burns,

Oates

& Washhourne, London, 1953.)

Нoskyns,

E.—The Fourth Gospel. (ed. Davey, 1956.)

Cross, F. L. (ed. )—Studies in the Fourth

Gospel. ( Mowbray,

1960.)

Lightfoot, R. Н.—St. John's

Gospel.

(ed., C. F. Evans, O.U.P. Paperback, 1963.) A full list of reference books for Biblical Studies will be available in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies.

EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

Note: Students who wish to concentrate on Islam or the Modern Middle East or

the Ancient Middle East, can do so by choosing the appropriate options.

First Year: The Ancient Middle East; or

Islam Today—Focus on the Middle East.

Second and Third Year programs in this subject alternate thus:

Available in 1969: Comparative Religion (Middle Eastern); or Islam (Teachings and Institutions); or Middle Eastern Syrian Christianity.

Available in 1970: The Modern Middle East; or

Comparative Religion—( Classic Themes ); or Islam ( Medieval).

65-1. MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

A

Either:

THE ANCIENT MIDDLE

EAST

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

The study will cover aspects of the rise of literate civilization in the Middle East;

lectures will cover Sumero-Babylonian mythology, Canaanite and Egyptian Literature, concepts of social life, and institutions against a background of ancient art, and in the context of comparative religion.

Books

Prescribed books:

Mellaart, J. Earliest Civilization of the Near East. (Thames and Hudson, 1965.) Hooke, S. 1.—Middle Eastern Mythology. (Pelican, 1963.)

Frankfort, 1.—Ancient Egyptian Religion. (Harper, Torchbooks, 1961.) Frankfort, 1.—Before Philosophy. ( Pelican, 1953.)

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MIDDLE EASTERN sТUDIES Gurney, O.—The Hittites. (2nd ed., Pelican, 1954.)

Pritchard, J. B. (ed. ) —The Ancient Near East. (Princeton and 0.U.P., 1958.)

or

ISLAM TODAY—Focus on the Middle East

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

A study of the emergence of new movements and religious political concepts: Pan Islamism, Islamic Nationalism, Islamic Socialism. The re-interpretation of Islam and the search for Islamic socio-political identity.

BOOKS

Prescribed books:

Cragg, K.—Counsels In Contemporary Islam. ( Islamic Surveys 3.) Gibb H. A. R.—Modern Trends do Islam. ( Chicago, 1950.) Smiths, W. C. Islam in Modern History. (`Mentor. )

Binder, L.—Ideological Revolution in the Middle East. ( N.Y., 1904.)

65-2. and 65-3. MIDDLE EASTEНN STUDIES B AND C THE MODERN MIDDLE

EAST

A course of two, lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year (1970).

SYLLABUS

An introductory study of social, technological and political aspects of the modern Middle East with particular reference to the impact of the Western nations and to the emergence of Israel and the modern Arab states.

BOOKS

Prescribed books:

Binder, L.—The Ideological Revolution in the Middle East. ( Wiley, 1904.) Brice, W. C.—South-west Asia. (U. of Lend., 1986.)

Cremeans, C.—The Arabs and the World. ( Praeger, 1963.)

Cressey, G. B.—Crossroads:Land and Life in South-west Asia. (Lippincott, 1960.)

Lenczowski, G.—The Middle East in World Affairs. ( Cornell U.P., 3rd ed., 1967.)

Peretz, D.—The Middle East Today. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963.) Reference books:

Relevant volumes in the Ernest Benn Ltd. series: The Nations of the Modern World: Egypt, Iraq, Modern Iran, Israel Resurgent, Saudi Arabia, Turkey.

Dustur, A Summary of the Consitutions of the Arab and Muslim States. ( Brill, 1966.)

Halpern, M.—The Politics of Social Change in the Middle East and North Africa. ( Princeton U.P., 1963.)

Jacobs, Norman.—The Sociology of Development. ( Praeger, 1966.) Lenczowski, G.—Oil and State in the Middle East. ( Cornell U.P., 1960. ) Nuseibeh, H. Z.—The Ideas of Arab Nationalism. ( Cornell U.P., 1959.) Wilber, D. N.—Iran, Past and Present. (Princeton U.P., 6th ed., 1967.) Further reading will be suggested during the year.

or

ISLAM ( Medieval )

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year (1970).

SYLLABUS

The development of the Islamic Empire from Spain to India and its major con- tributions in the fields of literature, philosophy and science.

Books

Prescribed books:

Hell joseph—The Arab

Civilization. (2nd ed., Lahore, 1943.) Broc

kelmann, C.—History of the Islamic Peoples. ( Lind., 1950.)

Nicholson, R. A.—A Literary History ^of the Arabs. (C.U.P., 1953.)

O'Leary, De Lacy—Arab Thought and its place in History. (Routledge, 1953.) Hitti, P. K.—History of the Arabs. (Macmillan, 1958.)

Von Crunebaum, G. E. Medieval Islam. (Chicago, 1953.) COMPARATIVE RELIGION (Classic Themes)

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year (1970).

SYLLABUS

An introductory comparative study of basic themes in major Middle Eastern Religions in their classical form.

BOOКS

Prescribed books:

Zaehner, R. C.—The Teachings of the Magi. (Allen and Unwire.) Zaehner, R. C.—Mysticism, Sacred and Profane. (Oxford.) Spencer S.—Mysticism in World Religion. ( Pelican. ) Нарpold, F. C.-Mysticism. ( Pelican. )

The Koran. (Penguin Classics, 1956.)

New English Bible, New Testament. (Penguin.) Buddhist Scriptures. (Penguin.)

Conze, E.—Buddhism. ( Harper Torchbook. ) Guillaume, A. Islam. (Pelican.)

Smith, W. C.—Religious Atheism. (reprint from Мilla-wa-Mille, 1968.) James, E. 0.—Comparative Religion. University Paperbacks.)

Jonas, 1.—The Gnostic Religion. ( Beacon. )

ISLAM (Teachings and Institutions)

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year (1969 ).

SYLLABUS

Islamic Faith and Institutions, including the study of religious movements and sects, and theology.

BOOKS

Prescribed books:

Guillaume, A. Islam. ( Pelican, 1955. )

Gibb, H. A. R.—Mohammedanism. (2nd ed., O.U.P., 1953.)

Muhammed Ali—The Religion of Islam. (Shaikh Mohammed Ashгaf, Lahore.) Gaudefгoy-Demombynes, 1.—Muslim Institutions. ( Allen and Unwin, 1950.

Nicholson, R. A.—A Literary ^uistosy of the Arabs. ( C.U.P., 1953.) Encyclopaedia

of Islam. ( Brill.,

^Leiden.)

COMPARATIVE RELIGION (Middle East)

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year (1969).

SYLLABUS

A study of some modem writers in the Middle Eastern Religions, interpreting these religions in the light of modern civilization.

BOOKS

Prescribed books:

Buber, 1.—Between Man and Man. ( Fontana. )

Teilhard de Chardin, P.—The Phenomenon of Man. (Fontana.) Smart, N.—World Religions. ( Pelican, 1986. )

Igba1, М.—Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam. (Lahore, 1958.) 174

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