The Labyrinth

A 12th-century illicit love story between a theologian and a young girl he tutored. It's unclear if these letters, written in Paris, were meant to be kept entirely private, and we'll feast on them as the material comes from a period with a dearth of literature. Written in Latin, there are relatively modern translations available, posting one from Penguin as a baseline:
https://a.co/d/3XPpJnJ

There is also a translation available on Gutenberg, translated by Ralph Fletcher Seymour:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40227

In our fourth year, after working through most of the Greek and Latin material the group wishes to cover, we arrive at The Bible.

Before mutiny, as a group, we decided the following:

1. A natural point to begin to cover the literature of The Bible is after the classical Latin period and as we begin to dive into literature, epics, and poetry of the Dark and Middle Ages.
2. We are not going to read The Bible straight through. We'll cover select books with disproportionate literary merit and influence. We'll jump back to The Bible once every 3-4 months so that we can cover it, slowly, while progressing through the medieval period in tandem. For instance, we'll read Genesis and Exodus but we'll surely skip meetings on Leviticus and Numbers. We'll allow time for those who wish to get a full Bible read in, cover-to-cover, including the books we do not discuss, over a few years.
3. To be clear, the meetings on The Bible aren't intended to be spiritual or religious. We'll strive to understand and appreciate the Bible in a more literary and artistic way. Religion, history, and spirituality will inevitably come up, but this isn't the main point of the meetings.
4. We decided that as a baseline, there should be no baseline, and people should read a version of The Bible they are interested in.

I'm going to work from a New Cambridge King James Version edited by David Norton:
https://a.co/d/6KLzXdM

There are several versions of The Bible available online, including on Gutenberg and the Internet Archive.

In our fourth year, after working through most of the Greek and Latin material the group wishes to cover, we arrive at The Bible.

Before mutiny, as a group, we decided the following:

1. A natural point to begin to cover the literature of The Bible is after the classical Latin period and as we begin to dive into literature, epics, and poetry of the Dark and Middle Ages.
2. We are not going to read The Bible straight through. We'll cover select books with disproportionate literary merit and influence. We'll jump back to The Bible once every 3-4 months so that we can cover it, slowly, while progressing through the medieval period in tandem. For instance, we'll read Genesis and Exodus but we'll surely skip meetings on Leviticus and Numbers. We'll allow time for those who wish to get a full Bible read in, cover-to-cover, including the books we do not discuss, over a few years.
3. To be clear, the meetings on The Bible aren't intended to be spiritual or religious. We'll strive to understand and appreciate the Bible in a more literary and artistic way. Religion, history, and spirituality will inevitably come up, but this isn't the main point of the meetings.
4. We decided that as a baseline, there should be no baseline, and people should read a version of The Bible they are interested in.

I'm going to work from a New Cambridge King James Version edited by David Norton:
https://a.co/d/6KLzXdM

There are several versions of The Bible available online, including on Gutenberg and the Internet Archive.