Letters in bold type are the code used on the syllabus to designate readings for each date. FDD Foster, Benjamin R. 1995. From Distant Days: Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia. CDL Press, Bethesda. H Lombardo, Stanley, tr. 1993. Hesiod: Works & Days and Theogony. Hackett, Indianapolis. PV Tedlock, Dennis. 1996. Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings. Simon & Schuster, New York. QC deGrazia, Alfred. 1983. Quantavolution and Catastrophe: A Collection of Fifteen Volumes. Metron. [CD-ROM]   Readings designated by last name of author and date are to be found in the course anthology of texts. This anthology is on the Bard College Library ReserveWeb, where all items are written alphabetically by last name of author. ReserveWeb http://reserveweb.bard.edu is accessible only by password.

Alter, Robert. 1996. Genesis: Translation and Commentary. Norton.

Beckwith, Martha Warren. 1951. The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant. Univ. of Hawaii.

Bellamy, H. S. 1936. Moons, Myths and Man. Faber & Faber: London.

Bierhost, John. 1998. History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca. Univ. of Arizona.

Birrell, Anne. 1993. Chinese Mythology: An Introduction. Johns Hopkins.

Budge, E. Wallis. 1969. The Gods of the Egyptians. In two volumes. Dover.

Clark, Ella E. 1969. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest. Berkeley.

Clube, Victor. and Napier, Bill. 1982. The Cosmic Serpent. Universe Books.

Clube, Victor, and Napier, Bill. 1990. The Cosmic Winter. Blackwell: Oxford.

Dundes, Alan, ed. 1988. The Flood Myth. Berkeley.

Evelyn-White, Hugh G.tr. 1950. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. Harvard.

Ford, J. Massyngberde. 1975. Revelation. The Anchor Bible. Doubleday.

Gould, Stephen Jay. 1977. Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History. Norton.

Güterbock, Hans G. 1961. "Hittite Mythology", in Kramer, Samuel Noah, ed. 1961. Mythologies of the Ancient World. Anchor, Doubleday.

Heinsohn, Gunnar. 1990. "Destruction Layers in Archaeological Sites: The Stratigraphy of Armageddon", in Catastrophism 2000, ed. M. Zysman and C. Whelton, Heretic Press: Toronto.

-- 1995. "Imaginary and Expected Catastrophes: Apocalyptic Desire and Scientific Prognosis". Chronology and Catastrophism Review XVII.

Hendel, Ronald S. 1987. "Of Demigods and the Deluge: Toward an Interpretation of Genesis 6.1-4". Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 106, 1987, pp. 13-26.

Hoffner, Jr., Harry A. 1998. Hittite Myths. Second Edition. Society of Biblical Literature: Writings from the Ancient World. Scholars Press.

Hollander, Lee M., tr. 1962. The Poetic Edda. Univ. of Texas

Homer. 19?? The Iliad, tr. Richmond Lattimore. Univ. of Chicago.

Hoyle, Sir Fred. 1993. The Origin of the Universe and the Origin of Religion. Moyer Bell.

Jewish Publication Society of America [JPS]. 1978. The Prophets. Philadelphia.

Kahn, Charles. 1979. The Art and Thought of Heraclitus . Cambridge.

Lawrence, D. H. 1980. Apocalypse, ed. Mara Kalnins. Viking.

León-Portilla, Miguel. 1968. Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya. Beacon.

Lichtheim. 1973. Ancient Egyptian Literature. Vol. 1: The Old and Middle Kingdoms. Berkeley.

Lönnrot, Elias. 1963. The Kalevala. Harvard.

Lucretius. 19??. On the Nature of the Universe. Penguin.

McKirahan, Richard D., Jr. 1994. Philosophy before Socrates: An Introduction with Texts and Commentary. Hackett.

Mounce, Robert H. 1977. The Book of Revelation. Revised Edition. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids.

Mooney, James. 1972. Myths of the Cherokee. Charles Elder: Nashville.

Mullen, William. 1970. Hymn to Osiris. Translation of Stela of Amenmose. Private mss.

Mullen, William. 2000. Hymn to Indra: Translation of Rig Veda 4.18. Private mss.

O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. 1975. Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook translated from the Sanskrit. Penguin.

Ovid. 19 . The Metamorphoses, tr. Mary M. Innes. Penguin.

Palmer, Trevor. 1996. "The Rise and Fall of Catastrophism". www.maths.ntu.ac.uk/Isstaff/fallc.htm

Pankenier, David W. 1998. "Heaven Sent: Understanding Cosmic Disaster in Chinese Myth and History", in Peiser et. al 1998.

Peiser, Benny. 1995. "Cosmic Catastrophes and the Ballgame of the Sky Gods in Mesoamerican Mythology". Chronology and Catastrophism Review XVII.

Peiser, Benny; Palmer, Trevor; and Bailey, Mark E., ed. 1998. Natural Catastrophes during Bronze Age Civilisations. British Archaeological Reports International Series 728. Archaeopress, Oxford.

Plato. 19??. The Dialogues of Plato, tr. Benjamin Jowett. Random House.

Roys, Ralph L. 1967. The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel. Univ. of Oklahoma.

Zolbrod, Paul G. 1984. Diné Bahane': The Navajo Creation Story. Univ. of New Mexico.