Rabbinic Thesis: Jewish Ethics and Mysticism
As part of my master's in rabbinic studies, I wrote a thesis titled "Internal Growth, Human Relationships, and Reaching Towards God: The Concurrent Development of Ethics and Mysticism in Early Modern Jewish Texts." I analyzed Tomer Devorah, Mesillat Yesharim, and Nefesh HaChayim. Here is a vide of my thesis presentation, which basically covers the introduction to my thesis.
The above list is not complete. Many of my important sources came from articles available on Academia. My favorite essay is the one that opened up the world of Talmud as literature and the beauty of Jewish mysticism for me: "Four Entered Pardes Revisted," from the Harvard Theological Review by Alon Goshen-Gottstein.