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Learn about how literature in vernacular languages began, and Latin literature continued, during the early centuries of the Middle Ages.

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A retrospective on our podcast's enormous coverage of the Abrahamic religions, an introduction to the new season, and some special announcements.

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Sufism emerged in the 700s and 800s as a powerful part of Islam's development under the caliphates. This episode covers its early history, focusing on a generation of thinkers who lived between about 850 and 920.

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DOUG'S NEW BOOK - The Odyssey: An Illustrated Guide

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Bashshar ibn Burd, feisty, restless, brilliant, and wise, was one of the founding figures of Classical Arabic poetry. Learn about his wife and works in this episode.

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Kalilah and Dimnah, a cornerstone of Classical Arabic literature, is one of the most beloved story collections in history.

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NYU PRESS KALILAH AND DIMNAH - Kalilah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice

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The Bundahisn is the Zoroastrian creation story. At once an epic and encyclopedia, it's also a window into the end of Zoroastrianism's ascendancy in Iran.

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DOUG'S NEW BOOK - The Odyssey: An Illustrated Guide

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The hadiths are second only to the Qur'an in Islam. Short narratives about the Prophet Muhammad - the things he said and did - hadiths have been a source of wisdom and inspiration for Muslims for more than a thousand years.

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