Pensum:
Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek religion. Second Edition. Blackwell 2010. 240 s.
Warrior, Valerie M. Roman religion. Cambridge University Press 2006. 210 s.
Assmann, Jan. The search for god in ancient Egypt / ?gypten. Theologie und Fr?mmigkeit einer frühen Hochkultur. Cornell University Press 2001 / Kohlhammer 1991. 250 s.
Bottéro, Jean. Religion in ancient Mesopotamia. The University of Chicago Press 2001. 240 s.
Endsj?, Dag ?istein. ?To control death. Sacrifice and space in classical Greece?. Religion 33 (2003): 323-40.
Endsj?, Dag ?istein. ?The attraction of immortal flesh?. Greek resurrection beliefs and the success of Christianity. Palgrave Macmillan 2009: 21-46. (Tilgjengelig for studentene p? Canvas).
Prim?rlitteratur:
?Den store Atonhymnen (Akhenatons solhymne)?, oversatt av Anders Bettum, i Saphinaz Naguib og Eldrid Johansen (red.) Den egyptiske d?deboken og tekster om livets vei. Bok i serien Verdens hellige skrifter. De norske bokklubbene 2001: 39-44.
?Gilgamesh? i Jens Braarvig, Tor ?ge Bringsv?rd og Rolf Furuli (red.) Gilgamesh og Atrahasis: to babylonske helter. Bok i serien Verdens hellige skrifter. De norske bokklubbene 2001: 93-122, 127-166.
?D?dsriket fra Odysseen av Homer [Odysseen bok 11]? og ?Den homeriske hymne til Demeter? i Tore Frost (red.) Greske myter og mysterier, Verdens hellige skrifter. De norske bokklubbene 2003: 93-119, 155-79, eller ?Homer Odyssey 11? ?Homeric hymn to Demeter? p? Perseus.edu.
Anbefalt fordypningslitteratur
Hornblower, Simon & Anthony Spawforth: Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press 2003.
March, Jenny: Cassell’s dictionary of classical mythology. Cassell 2001.
Talbert, Richard J.A.: Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world. Princeton University Press 2000.
Boatwright, Mary T., Daniel J. Gargola & Richard J.A. Talbert: The Romans: From village to empire. Oxford University Press 2004.
Errington, R. Malcolm. A history of the Hellenistic world 323 - 30 BC. Wiley-Blackwell 2008.
Rhodes, P.J. A History of the classical Greek world 478 - 323 BC. Wiley-Blackwell 2006.
Beard, Mary, John North & Simon Price. Religions of Rome, vol 1 (History) & 2 (Sourcebook). Cambridge University Press 1998.
Burkert, Walter. Greek religion. Harvard University Press 1985.
Bottéro, Jean. Mesopotamia: Writing, reasoning, and the gods, The University of Chicago Press 1992.
Black, Jeremy et al (red.). The Literature of ancient Sumer. Oxford University Press 2004. s.xix-lxi.
Foster, Benjamin R. Before the Muses. An anthology of Akkadian literature. CDL Press 2005. s.1-47.
Hornung, Erik: Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt, 1982. Cornell University Press.
Quirke, Stephen & Jeffrey Spencer: The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt, 1992. British Museum Press.