Leselisten er retningsgivende for den kunnskapen som studenten forventes ? tilegne seg i l?pet av studiet.
Assmann, Jan: Moses the Egyptian, 1998. Harvard University Press.
Bottéro, Jean: Mesopotamia. Writing, Reasoning and the Gods, Chicago/London 1992/1995.
Dever, William G.: What did the Biblical Writers Know & When Did They Know It?, Michigan/Cambridge 2002. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Finkelstein, Israel & Neil Asher Silberman: The Bible Unearthed. Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of its Sacred Texts, New York/London/Toronto/Sydney/Singapore 2001. Free Press.
* Frymer-Kensky, Tikva: In the Wake of the Goddesses. Women, Culture and the Biblical Transformation of Pagan Myth, New York 1992.
Hooke, S.H.: Middle Eastern Mythology. From Assyrians to the Hebrews, Penguin Books. s 18 - 64, 79 - 94, 103 - 160.
Niditch, Susan: Ancient Israelite Religion, New York/Oxford 1997. Oxford University Press.
Redford, Donald B.: Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times, Princeton 1992.
* Van der Toorn, Karel: From her Cradle to her Grave. The Role of Religion in the Life of the Israelite and the Babylonian Woman, Biblical Seminar Series, Sheffield 1994 (1987). Sheffield Academic Press.
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