Alternativ I: Centrala texter i Gamla testamentet II, 7,5 hp

• Bibeltexter, Svenska bibelkommissionenObligatorisk* (5 Mos 1–13; 28–34; Job 1–14, 38–42; Ords 1–9; Predikaren, Salomos Vishet 1–9, Syrak 24, Ps 1, 19, 37, 73, 127, Jes 56–66, Daniel, Tillägg till Daniel, Judit)
• Brueggemann, Walter, Deuteronomy, Nashville, Tenn., Abingdon Press, 2001Obligatorisk*
• Aitken, K. T., Proverbs, Ingår i: The Oxford Bible commentary, Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 2001, s. 405–422Obligatorisk*
• Crenshaw, James L., Job, Ingår i: The Oxford Bible commentary, Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 2001, s. 331–355Obligatorisk*
• Clements, Ronald, Isaiah 1-39, Ingår i: New century bible: [a series of commentaries covering Genesis to Revelation]: based on the Revised standard version, London, Oliphants, [19--?]-Obligatorisk* (i urval, ca 170 sidor. Kopior finns att köpa på Teologiska institutionen)
• Coggins, R., Isaiah, Ingår i: The Oxford Bible commentary, Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 2001, s. 464–486Obligatorisk*
• The Women's Bible commentary, London, SPCK ; a Louisville, 1992Obligatorisk* (i urval)
• Murphy, Roland E., The tree of life: an exploration of biblical wisdom literature, 2. ed., Grand Rapids, Mich., Eerdmans, 1996Obligatorisk*
• Artiklar, Teologiska institutionenObligatorisk* (Enligt lärares anvisningar.)

Alternativ II: Centrala texter i Nya testamentet II, 7,5 hp

• Bibeltexter, Svenska bibelkommissionenObligatorisk* (Joh, Kol, 1 Kor, Gal.)
• Kieffer, René, Johannesevangeliet 1-10, Uppsala, EFS-förl., 1987Obligatorisk*
• Kieffer, René, Johannesevangeliet 11-21, Uppsala, EFS-förl., 1988Obligatorisk*
• Hartman, Lars, Kolosserbrevet, Uppsala, EFS-förl., 1985Obligatorisk*
• The Women's Bible commentary, London, SPCK ; a Louisville, 1992Obligatorisk* (i urval)
• Artiklar, Teologiska institutionenObligatorisk* (Enligt lärares anvisningar.)

Alternativ III: Temakurs, 7,5 hp

Litteraturen varierar beroende på vilket tema som delkursen behandlar. För närmare information om litteraturen på aktuell temakurs hänvisas till separat kursplan.

Alternativ IV: Litteraturkurs, 7,5 hp

Ett av följande litteraturpaket väljs:

A. Israels historia och religion

• Albertz, Rainer, A history of Israelite religion in the Old Testament period, London, SCM Press, 1994Obligatorisk* (Volume 1 + 2. (672 s.))
• Bird, Phyllis A., Missing persons and mistaken identities: women and gender in ancient Israel., Minneapolis, Minn., Fortress Press, 1997Obligatorisk*
• Finkelstein, Israel; Mazar, Amihay, The quest for the historical Israel: debating archaeology and the history of early Israel: invited lectures delivered at the Sixth Biennial Colloquium of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, Detroit, October 2005, Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2007Obligatorisk*

B. Berättande texter: Bibeln som litteratur

• Bibeltexter, Svenska bibelkommissionenObligatorisk* (Genesis, Samuelsböckerna.)
• Exum, J. Cheryl, Tragedy and biblical narrative: arrows of the Almighty, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992Obligatorisk*
• Fokkelman, Jan, Narrative Art in Genesis: Specimens of Stylistic and Structural Analysis, Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2004Obligatorisk*
• Fewell, Danna Nolan; Gunn, David M., Gender, power, and promise: the subject of the Bible's first story, Nashville, Abingdon Press, cop. 1993Obligatorisk*
• Turner, Laurence, Genesis, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009Obligatorisk*

C. Vishetslitteratur

• Bibeltexter, Svenska bibelkommissionenObligatorisk* (Ords, Job, Pred.)
• André, Gunnel; Kronholm, Tryggve, Visionärer, vismän och vi, Stockholm, Verbum, 1992Obligatorisk* (kap 1–5)
• Crenshaw, James L., Old Testament wisdom: an introduction, 3. ed., Louisville, Wstminster John Knox, cop. 2010Obligatorisk*
• Koosed, Jennifer L, (Per)mutations of Qohelet: reading the body in the book, New York, T & T Clark, cop. 2006Obligatorisk*
• Newsom, Carol A., The book of Job: a contest of moral imaginations, New York, Oxford University Press, 2003Obligatorisk*

Ytterligare artiklar och/eller kommentarlitteratur enligt lärares anvisning

D. Den historiske Jesus

• Fredriksen, Paula, Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews: a Jewish life and the emergence of Christianity, London, Macmillan, 2000, cop. 1999Obligatorisk*
• Witherington, Ben, The Jesus quest: the third search for the Jew of Nazareth, 2nd ed., Downers Grove, Ill., InterVarsity Press, c1997Obligatorisk*
• Ehrman, Bart D., Jesus: apocalyptic prophet of the new millennium, Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1999Obligatorisk*
• Gardell, Jonas, Om Jesus, Stockholm, Norstedt, 2009Obligatorisk*

E. Paulus och hans teologi

• Bornkamm, Günther, Paul., 1st Fortress Press ed., Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 1995Obligatorisk*
• Osiek, Carolyn; MacDonald, Margaret Y.; Tulloch, Janet H., A woman's place: house churches in earliest Christianity, Philadelphia, Pa., Fortress Press, 2005Obligatorisk*
• Dunn, James D. G., The new perspective on Paul, Rev. ed., Grand Rapids, Mich., Eerdmans Pub Co., 2008Obligatorisk*
• Stendahl, Krister; Stendahl, Brita Johnsson, Paulus bland judar och hedningar., [Ny utg.], Älvsjö, Verbum, 1985Obligatorisk* (Denna titel ELLER Paul among Jews and Gentiles and other essays.)
• Stendahl, Krister, Paul among Jews and Gentiles and other essays., Philadelphia, Penn., Fortress Press, 1976Obligatorisk* (Denna titel ELLER Paulus bland judar och hedningar.)
• Wire, Antoinette, 1 Corinthians, Ingår i: Searching the Scriptures. Vol. 2, A feminist commentary., New York, Crossroad, 1994, s. 153–195Obligatorisk* (43 sidor)

* Obligatorisk