IV. The Classical World 

A. China
Adams, Charles. For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization, rev. ed. Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 1999: Ch. 5.
Jaki, Stanley L. Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Universe, rev. ed. Lanham, Md.: UP of America, 1986: Ch. 2.
Long, Roderick T. "Austro-Libertarian Themes in Early Confucianism." Journal of Libertarian Studies Summer 2003: 35-62.
Rothbard, Murray N. An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Vol. I: Economic Thought Before Adam Smith. 1995. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2006: Pt. 1, Ch. 10.

B. Egypt
Adams, Ch. 1-2.
Gardner, Laurence.  The Shadow of Solomon: The Lost Secret of the Freemasons Revealed. London: HarperElement, 2005: Ch. 12-13.
Hoagland, Richard C., and Michael Bara. Dark Mission: The Secret History of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, rev. ed. Los Angeles: Feral House, 2009: Ch. 5.
Jaki, Science and Creation, Ch. 4.
Johnson, Paul. The Civilizations of Ancient Egypt. New York City: Atheneum, 1978.

C. Persia
Kinzer, Stephen. All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, rev. ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2008: Ch. 2.

D. Greece and Rome
1. The Greeks
a. The Homeric Legacy
i. Homer

(1) The Iliad. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York City: Penguin Group, 1990.
(2) The Odyssey. Trans. Fagles. New York City: Viking, 1996.
ii. Others
Gardner. The Magdalene Legacy: The Jesus and Mary Bloodline Conspiracy: Revelations Beyond the Da Vinci Code. 2005. Rpt. San Francisco: Weiser Books, 2007: Appendix 5.
Kazantzakis, Nikos. The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel. 1938. Trans. Kimon Friar. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1958.
Joyce, James. Ulysses, corr. ed. Ed. Hans Walter Gabler et. al. New York City: Vintage Books, 1984.
b. The Pelopennesian War
Norton, Anne. Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2004: Ch. 11.
Samons, Loren J. II. What’s Wrong With Democracy: From Athenian Practice to American Worship. Berkeley, Calif.: U of Berkeley P, 2004: Ch. 5.
Stone, I.F. The Trial of Socrates. 1988.  Rpt. London: Pimlico, 1997: Ch. 11.
Thucydides. History of the Pelopennesian War, rev. ed. Trans. Rex Warner. Ed. Moses I. Finley. Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin Books, 1972.
c. The Philosophers
i. Rothbard
(1-a) History of Economic Thought, Vol. I, Pt. 1, Ch. 1-9.
(1-b) An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Vol. II: Classical Economics. 1995. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2006: Pt. 11, Ch. 1.
(2) "Karl Marx: Communist as Religious Eschatologist." Requiem for Marx. Ed. Yuri N. Maltsev. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1993: Ch. 6.
ii. Others
Gatto, John Taylor. The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling, 3rd rev. ed. New York City: Oxford Village Press, 2006: Ch. 16.
Kolakowski, Leszek. Main Currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution, rev. ed. Trans. P.S. Falla. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005: Pt. I, Ch. 1.
Nisbet, Robert A. Social Change and History: Aspects of the Western Theory of Development. New York City: Oxford UP, 1969: Ch. 1.
Peikoff, Leonard. The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America. New York City: Stein and Day, 1982: Ch. 2.
Stone, Ch. 1-10, 12-18.
d. Others
Anouilh, Jean. Antigone. 1946. Trans. Barbara Bray. Rpt. in Five Plays. London: Methuen, 1987: 77-137.
Fleming, Thomas. "Three Faces of Democracy: Cleisthenes, Jefferson, and Robespierre." Telos Summer 1995: 51-67.
Lively, Scott Eric, and Kevin Abrams. The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in the Nazi Party, 3rd rev. ed. Sacramento, Calif.: Veritas Aeterna Press, 2002: Ch. 3.
Nef, Robert. Property, Freedom, & Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Ed. Jörg Guido Hülsmann and Stephan Kinsella. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009: Ch. 27.
Norton, Ch. 7, 12.
Samons, Ch. 1-4, 6-7.
Vidal, Gore. Creation, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage International, 2002.
2. The Romans
a. The Emperor Julian
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, corr. ed. Ed. David Wormersley. New York City: Penguin Books, 1994: Vol. I, Ch. 22-24.
Norwich, John Julius. Byzantium, Vol. I: The Early Centuries. 1988. Rpt. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989: Ch. 4.
Vidal. Julian,  rev. ed. London: Abacus, 1993.
b. The American Inheritance
Bradford, M.E. A Better Guide Than Reason: Federalists and Anti-Federalists. 1979. Rpt. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994: Ch. 1.
Haskell, H.J. The New Deal in Old Rome: How Government in the Ancient World Tried to Deal With Modern Problems. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
McDonald, Forrest. The American Presidency: An Intellectual History. Lawrence, Kan.: UP of Kansas, 1994: Ch. 4.
Murphy, Cullen. Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007.
c. Gibbon
(1) Vol. I, Ch. 1-14
.
(2) Vol. I, Ch. 17-19, 25-26.
(3) Vol. II, Ch. 27-36
.
c. Norwich
(1) A History of Venice. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982: Ch. 1.
(2) Byzantium, Ch. 1-3, 5-8.
d. Others
A History of Private Life, Vol. I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium. Ed. Paul Veyne. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. Cambridge, Mass.:  Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 1987: Pt. 1-2. 
Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World. Ed. G.W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, and Oleg Grabar. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 1999.
Lucan [Marcus Annaeus Lucanus]. The Civil War: Books I-X (Pharsalia). 65 A.D. Trans. James D. Duff. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1928.
Mencken, H.L., and George Jean Nathan. Heliogabalus: A Buffoonery in Three Acts. Rpt. Whitefish, Mont.: Kessinger Publishing, 2005.
Perrottet, Tony. Route 66 A.D.: On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists. New York City: Random House, 2002.
Rothbard, History of Economic Thought, Vol. I, Pt. 2, Ch. 1.
Sienkiewicz, Henryk. Quo Vadis. Trans. Jeremiah Curtin. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero. 1896. Rpt. Washington, D.C.: Gateway Editions Regnery, 1998.
Vidal. "The Twelve Caesars" 1952. Rpt. in United States: Essays 1952-1992. New York City: Random House, 1993: 523-528.
3. Jaki
a. The Road of Science and the Ways to God. 1978. Rpt. Port Huron, Mich.: Real View Books, 2005: Ch. 2.
b. Science and Creation, Ch. 6.
4. P. Johnson
a. Enemies of Society. New York City: Atheneum, 1977: Ch. 2
b. Civilizations of the Holy Land. New York City: Atheneum, 1979: Ch. 3.
5. Others
Adams, Ch. 6-12.
Bethell, Tom. The Noblest Triumph: Property and Prosperity Through the Ages. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 1998: Ch. 5.
Burke, James, and Robert Ornstein. The Axemaker's Gift: A Double-Edged History of Human Culture. New York City: Putnam's, 1995: Ch. 3-5.
Evans, M. Stanton. The Theme is Freedom: Religion, Politics, and the American Tradition. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 1994: Ch. 8.
Gardner. The Magdalene Legacy, Appendix 4.
Gatto, Ch. 1.
Harris, Lee. Civilization and Its Enemies: The Next Stage of History. New York City: Free Press, 2004: Ch. 7.
Herman, Arthur. The Idea of Decline in Western History. New York City: Free Press, 1997: Ch. 1.
Johnson, Chalmers. The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of Empire. 2004. Rpt. London: Verso, 2006: Ch. 1.
Lilla, Mark. The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics. New York City: New York Review Books, 2001: Afterword.
Nisbet. History of the Idea of Progress, rev. ed. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994: Ch. 1.
Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae, Vol. I: Art and Decadence From Nefertiti to Emily Dickenson. New Haven: Yale UP, 1990: Ch. 3-4.
Patterson, Orlando. Freedom, Vol. I: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture. New York City: Basic Books, 1991: Pt. 2-3.
Polybius. Polubiou Historiai = Polybii Historiae. Ed. Ludwig August Dindorf and Theodor Büttner-Wobst. Leipzig: B.G. Teubneri, Vol. I-V, 1889-1904. Trans. Ian Scott-Kilvert. The Rise of the Roman Empire. Ed. Betty Radice. Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin Classics, 1979.
Rushdoony, Rousas John. Bread Upon the Waters: Columns From the "California Farmer." 1969. Rpt. Fairfax, Va.: Thoburn Press, 1974: Ch. 6, 32
Tyson, Joseph B. The New Testament and Early Christianity. New York City: Macmillan, 1984: Ch. 4.

E. The Jews
1. Gardner
a. Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed, 2nd rev. ed. Gloucester, Mass.: Fair Winds Press, 2005: Ch. 2.
b. Genesis of the Grail Kings: The Explosive Story of Genetic Cloning and the Ancient Bloodline of Jesus, rev. ed. 2002. Rpt. London: Bantam, 2005: Ch. 17-20.
2. P. Johnson
a. Holy Land, Ch. 2.
b. A History of the Jews. New York City: Harper & Row, 1987: Pts. 1-2.
3. Others
Adams, Ch. 3-4.
Friedman, Elias. Jewish Identity. New York City: The Miriam Press, 1987.
Friedman, Milton. "Capitalism and the Jews." 1972. Rpt. The Essence of Friedman. Ed. Kurt R. Leube. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1987: 41-56.
Gardner, Shadow of Solomon, Ch. 19.
Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism, Vol. I-III. Ed. Menahem Stern. Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1974-1984.
Goldberg, J.J. Jewish Power: Inside the American-Jewish Establishment. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1996: Pts. 1 & 3.
Halevi, Yossi Klein. At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew’s Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land, rev. ed. New York City: Perennial, 2002.
Halkin, Hillel. Across the Sabbath River: In Search of a Lost Tribe of Israel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2002: Ch. 4.
Jaki, Science and Creation, Ch. 7.
Josephus, Flavius [Joseph ben Matthias]. The New Complete Works of Josephus, rev. ed. Trans. William Whiston. Ed. Paul L. Maier. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel Publications, 1999.
Klinghoffer, David. Why the Jews Rejected Christ: The Turning Point in Western History. New York City: Doubleday, 2005: Ch. 1.
North, Gary. The Judeo-Christian Tradition: A Guide for the Perplexed. Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1990.
Rushdoony. This Independent Republic: Studies in the Nature and Meaning of American History. 1962. Rpt. Fairfax, Va.: Thoburn Press, 1978: Ch. 11.
Steinsaltz, Adin. The Essential Talmud. Trans. Chaya Galai. New York City: Basic Books, 1976.
Szasz, Thomas. Cruel Compassion: Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted. New York City: John Wiley & Sons, 1994: Ch. 2.
Tyson, Ch. 3.
Wex, Michael. Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culutre in All Its Moods, rev. ed. New York City: Harper Perennial, 2006.

F. The Christians
1. The Early Church Fathers
Origen [Origenes Adamantius of Alexandria]. On First Principles: Being Koetschau's Text of the De Principiis. c. 230. Trans. Rufinus of Aquileia, Paul Koetschau, and George William Butterworth. 1936. Rpt. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith Publisher, 1973.
St. John Chrysostom of Antioch.  De Sacerdotio. c. 373. Liber Dialogorum de Dignitate Sacerdotii. Cologne: Zell, 1470. Trans. T. Allen Noxon and Graham Neville. Six Books on the Priesthood. 1964. Rpt. Crestwood, N.Y.: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1984.
2. Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln
a. Holy Blood, Holy Grail, rev. 3rd ed. New York City: Delacorte Press, 2005: Ch. 12-13.
b. The Messianic Legacy. 1986. Rpt. New York City: Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2004: Ch. 2-7, 9.
3. Gardner
a. Bloodline, Ch. 3-10.
b. Shadow of Solomon, Ch. 14.
c. The Magdalene Legacy, Ch. 1-13, Appendix 1-3.
4. Gibbon
a. Vol. I, Ch. 15-16.
b. Vol. I, Ch. 20-21.
c. Vol. II, Ch. 37.
5. P. Johnson
a. Holy Land, Ch. 4.
b. Society, Ch. 9
c. A History of Christianity. New York City: Atheneum, 1976: Pts. 1-2.
6. Nisbet
a. Social Change and History, Ch. 2.
b. History of the Idea of Progress, Ch. 2.
7. North
a. Christian Reconstruction: What It Is, What It Isn't. Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1991.
b. Millennialism and Social Theory. Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1990.
8. Others
Dalrymple, William. From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East. 1997. Rpt. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 1998.
Ehrman, Bart D. Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew. New York City: Oxford UP, 2003: Pt. 2-3.
Evans, Ch. 16.
Gatto, Ch. 14.
History of Private Life, Pt. 2.
Jaki, Science and Creation, Ch. 8.
Klinghoffer, Ch. 2-5.
Kristol, Irving. Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea. New York City: Free Press, 1995: Ch. 12.
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole. Democracy and Liberty, rev. ed. 1897. Rpt. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981: Vol. II, Ch. 7.
Rothbard, History of Economic Thought, Vol. I, Pt. 2, Ch. 2, 5.
Sennott, Charles M. The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium: A Reporter's Journey. New York City: Public Affairs, 2001.
Szasz, Ch. 3.
Tyson, Ch. 5-12.
Woods, Thomas E. Jr. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2005: Ch. 9-10.

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