Dear Students,
Attached to this email you will find the first part of our main reading for this course, edited by John Esposito and others.
This reading includes both required and optional sections. It will be followed in a minute by an additional email with the other half of the readings for the first week (sent separately because the files are large).
As you can see in the course syllabus, for this week required readings are:
Pages 37-45, and 70-91 (in the second email). Also you may benefit from reading the Introduction, especially pages 24-33.
Optional readings are:
Pages 46-69
Best regards,
Jeremy Saul
Lecturer, CRS 217