Tor Vegge

Professor emeritus Department of Religion, Philosophy and History

Email: tor.vegge@uia.no
Mobile phone: +47 48 00 50 50
Office: E2028 (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

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Teaching in BA and MA programs including teacher education and in several topics e.g. sacred texts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, history of early Christianity and topics within New Testament Studies

Research within the areas:Education and formation in antiquity, literate and moral formation (Bildung) in the New Testament, and authoritative texts and sacred texts

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Vegge, Tor (2021). Relations of Love in Texts read by Early Christians. In Grødum, Kari; Hägg, Henny Solfrid F.; Kaufman, John W. & Tollefsen, Torstein (Ed.), Love - Ancient Perspectives. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202726904. p. 49–66. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2021). Heilige Texte und Monotheismus. In Freudenberger-Lötz, Petra; Wiemer, Axel; Korneck, Eva Jenny; Südland, Annegret & Wagensommer, Georg (Ed.), Bibel – Didaktik – Unterricht. Exegetische und Religionspädagogische Perspektiven. Kassel University Press GmbH. ISSN 9783737609586. p. 71–82. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2021). Jesus der Lehrer – Leser als Lernende. Bildung aus neutestamentlicher Perspektive. In Schroder, Bernd (Eds.), Bildung. Mohr Siebeck. ISSN 9783825257491. p. 41–64. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2020). Conversion and Education: Paul of Tarsos on his Course of Life. In Lie, Sissel; Vegge, Tor & Sandhaug, Christina (Ed.), The Mimesis of Change. Conversion and Periphery in Life Stories. Fabrizio Serra Editore. ISSN 9788833152318. p. 17–33. Full text in Research Archive
Lie, Sissel; Vegge, Tor & Sandhaug, Christina (2020). Mimesis of Change. In Lie, Sissel; Vegge, Tor & Sandhaug, Christina (Ed.), The Mimesis of Change: Conversion and Peripety in Life Stories. Fabrizio Serra Editore. ISSN 9788833152318. p. 9–14. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Oral, scripted and pictorial art has from its beginnings been focused on the lives of outstanding heroes and human beings: highborn men and women and their prowess, achievements, and errors of judgement and their consequences. Such life stories involve a reversal in the narrated events that provide an example to the listener, reader or spectator, enabling them to avoid repeating the protagonist s errors. By showing the effects of error and the reversals it produces, these narratives teach the audiences to change their ways and convert to a new kind of life. In its more general sense conversion simply means a passage of one state to another, usually centering on a turning point; it may be based on personal choice and conviction, or it may occur as the result of outside forces or events. The articles in this volume collectively demonstrate the ontological complexity of such change and the mimetic representation thereof; they represent different aspects of what the Editors term «the mimesis of change» in the real or fictional lives of characters, exploring how writers and artists deploy the device of peripety to depict personal, social, political, spiritual, artistic and intellectual changes. They also explore the many forms this mimesis of change can take: narratives in letters, tales and autobiographical accounts; images in the shape of poetic moments and paintings; dramatized representation in drama, theatre and spectacle. Finally, since the articles study the mimesis of such change, and not simply the change itself, reception becomes a central theme. It is the purpose of peripety to lead to recognition and change also on the part of the audience of readers and spectators, whether this change takes the shape of the shameful admittance of sin or the relief of a lucky escape
Vegge, Tor & Justnes, Årstein (2019). Forhandlinger med «grunnteksten»: Bibelselskapets nyere oversettelser av Det nye testamentet. In Eggen, Nora S.; Zandjani, Nina & Østmoe, Tor Ivar (Ed.), Gjenoversettelse av hellige tekster. Hermes Academic Publishing and Bookshop A/S. ISSN 9788280342041. p. 41–53. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2018). Paul and Josephus. Two First Century Jews and their Self-Presentations. In Forsgren, Frida & Vegge, Tor (Ed.), Hagiographic Adaptations. Fabrizio Serra Editore. ISSN 9788833151151. p. 167–193. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor & Forsgren, Frida (2018). Introduction: The Role of a Life in Life-Writing. In Forsgren, Frida & Vegge, Tor (Ed.), Hagiographic Adaptations. Fabrizio Serra Editore. ISSN 9788833151151. p. 9–24. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2017). Meals in the Context of the Deutero-Pauline Letters, and the Letter of Jude. In Hellholm, David & Sänger, Dieter (Ed.), The Eucharist – Its Origins and Contexts. Sacred Meal, Communal Meal, Table Fellowship in Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity. Mohr Siebeck. ISSN 9783161539183. p. 645–671. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The article treats references to dietary rules in the Letter to the Colossians and to the agape-meal in the Letter of Jude. The comments discuss primarily the communicative dynamics in cases where the literary phrased arguments refer to ritualised procedures. It is asked how arguments may evoke memories of experiences which are characteristic of ritual procedures. Further it is asked what it means when in Colossians such experiences seem devaluated. For the Letter of Jude, it is shown that the reference to the shared agape-meal brings about bodily experiences which is capable of strengthening the pathos reaction.
Vegge, Tor (2017). Different Beliefs in the Rhetoric of the New Testament Letter to the Ephesians. In Hagelia, Hallvard & Zehnder, Markus (Ed.), Interreligious relations: Biblical perspectives: Proceedings from the second Norwegian Summer Academy of Biblical Studies (NSABS), Ansgar University College, Kristiansand, Norway, August 2015. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567674241. p. 180–200. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2016). Ethik für das Wartezimmer. Eschatologie und Bildung bei Paulus. In Feldmeier, Reinhard & Winet, Monika (Ed.), Gottesgedanken. Erkenntnis, Eschatologie und Ethik in Religionen der Spätantike und des frühen Mittelalters. Mohr Siebeck. ISSN 9783161546075. p. 83–89. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2014). Gud og hans forfatterskap. Norske prekener og estetikk. In Gulliksen, Øyvind Tveitereid & Justnes, Årstein (Ed.), Fra svar til undring: Kristendom i norske samtidstekster. Verbum Akademisk. ISSN 9788254312872. p. 181–199. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2014). The Library of the Apostle Paul and his Followers. In Eriksen, Roy Tommy & Young, Peter (Ed.), Approaches to the Text: From Pre-Gospel to Post-Baroque. Fabrizio Serra Editore. ISSN 9788862276955. p. 33–61. Full text in Research Archive
Justnes, Årstein & Vegge, Tor (2013). Ny vin i skinninnbinding. Bruken av senere håndskrifter i Bibelselskapets oversettelser av Det nye testamentet. In Justnes, Årstein; Hagelia, Hallvard & Vegge, Tor (Ed.), Ny bibel, nye perspektiver. Grunntekster, oversettelse og teologi. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788292712764. p. 173–194. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2013). Hva betyr egentlig «Skriften» i Skriften? In Justnes, Årstein; Hagelia, Hallvard & Vegge, Tor (Ed.), Ny bibel, nye perspektiver. Grunntekster, oversettelse og teologi. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788292712764. p. 16–35. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2012). Ein Blick von außen: Paulus in Lehrplänen und im Unterrichtsalltag in Norwegen. In Müller, Peter (Eds.), Paulus in der Schule. Grundlagen. Didaktik. Bausteine für den Unterricht. W. Kohlhammer GmbH. ISSN 9783170223479. p. 112–124. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2012). Vielfalt von Lernen und Lehren im Neuen Testament. Glaube und Lernen. Theologie interdisziplinär und praktisch. ISSN 0179-3551. 27(2), p. 125–138. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2011). Baptismal Phrases in the Deuteropauline Epistles. In Hellholm, David; Vegge, Tor; Norderval, Øyvind & Hellholm, Christer (Ed.), Ablution, initiation, and baptism : late antiquity, early Judaism, and early Christianity. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110247510. p. 497–556. doi: 10.1515/9783110247534.497. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2011). Sakral tekst og homofilidebatt i Norge. In Langås, Unni & Leer-Salvesen, Paul (Ed.), Til rette ektefolk. Holdninger til homofili og ekteskap. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788292712399. p. 44–65. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Siden 1. januar 2009 har Norge hatt en ekteskapslov som tillater ekteskap mellom to personer av samme kjønn. Loven innebærer at alle ektepar kan adoptere barn og at kvinner i samkjønnede ekteskap har rett til å bli vurdert for assistert befruktning. Endringene i ekteskapsloven har mange aspekter, og de angår både svært intime og følelsesmessige forhold, juridiske og etiske forhold, og forhold knyttet til religion og tradisjon. ”Til rette ektefolk.” Holdninger til homofili og ekteskap belyser denne komplekse tematikken i et historisk og aktuelt perspektiv og bringer kunnskaper som ikke alltid kommer fram i massemediene. Hvorfor er motstanden mot det kjønnsnøytrale ekteskapet så stor i religiøse kretser? Hvilke argumenter blir brukt, og hvordan blir holdningene formulert og begrunnet? Hvordan har homobevegelsens syn på ekteskapet variert over tid, og hvilken betydning har de ulike vigselsritualene for hvordan mennesker blir sosialt definert? Dette er spørsmål som artiklene i denne tverrfaglige boka tar opp og diskuterer. Bidragene er skrevet av fagpersoner innenfor teologi, etnologi og litteraturvitenskap.
Vegge, Tor (2011). Hadde urkristendommen hellige tekster? In Repstad, Pål Steinar (Eds.), Fader Paul : festskrift til Paul Leer-Salvesen. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788292712535. p. 126–139. Full text in Research Archive
Justnes, Årstein & Vegge, Tor (2010). Den historiske Jesus på norsk. Jesusbilder i offentlig debatt 1950-1999. In Repstad, Pål (Eds.), Norsk bruksteologi i endring: tendenser gjennom det 20. århundre. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 9788251926553. p. 243–277. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Artikkelen presenterer og analyserer debatter om den historiske Jesus som foregikk i aviser, tidsskrifter og populærvitenskapelige bøker i tidsrommet 1950?1999. "Den historiske Jesus" betegner det Jesus-bildet som kan tegnes, når man leser kildene med det kritiske blikk som samfunnsvitenskapene historie, sosiologi, sosialantropologi og religionshistorie gir. Diskusjonen gjelder hvordan man best kan arbeide historisk, og dermed hvilke bilder av Jesus som er "mest historiske". Det som har skapt mest engasjement i årenes løp, er når bildene av den historiske Jesus er satt opp mot Jesus- og Kristus-bildene i kirkens forkynnelse og bekjennelse. Utgangspunktet for artikkelen er at den norske debatten om den historiske Jesus i første rekke har vært populærvitenskapelig. Fremstillingen vår er kronologisk, og munner ut i en sammenfatning med noen analytiske ansatser. Følgende spørsmål ligger til grunn: Hva handlet debatten om, og hvor foregikk den? Hvem var aktørene, og hvem henvendte de seg til? Hvordan fungerte debatten i offentligheten ? i det kirkelige landskapet og den bredere norske offentligheten? Hvordan tegnes den historiske Jesus? Hvilke trekk i bildene av ham fremtrer som særlig viktige? I hvilken grad kan vi spore endringer i debatten gjennom disse 50 årene? The essay deals with discussions on the historical Jesus in newspapers, periodicals and popular scientific books between 1950 and 1999 in Norway. ?The historical Jesus? signifies images of Jesus established by reading the sources with the help of the critical perspectives of the social sciences history, sociology, social anthropology and history of religions. The discussions concern how to do history in a substantiated way, and as a consequence, which pictures of Jesus are the best historical pictures. The discussion becomes tense when images of the historical Jesus are put up against the images of Jesus and Christ in the confessions and preaching of the church. The starting point of the analysis is that the Norwegian debate on the historical Jesus takes place in the popular media more than in scientific publications. The presentation in the essay is chronological, and is summed up in some analytical considerations: the topics of the debate, in which media it occurred, the contributors and their addressees, the function of the debate in the public included the church, which traits in the images of Jesus were important, and the attempt to point to some changes over the years.
Vegge, Tor (2010). Polemic in the Epistle to the Colossians. In Wischmeyer, Oda & Scornaienchi, Lorenzo (Ed.), Polemik in der frühchristlichen Literatur : Texte und Kontexte. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110223545. p. 255–293. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Scholarly interpretations of Colossians normally enter into the question of controversies as context for the letter. One notices the warning against being taken captive through philosophy (chapter 2), and several scholarly pages are written on the Colossian philosophy, and also on the supposed opponents in the Letter to the Colossians. While the discussion in the essay draws on such contributions, the main interest is to discuss possible polemical traits in Colossians and their function in the line of reasoning and in view of a supposed setting and intention of the letter. It is argued that sharp polemic is not prominent in Colossians. The "polemic" against other teachings is rather general and is to be seen with the purpose of serving the identity formation of the intended readers.
Vegge, Tor (2009). Barn og opplæring i gresk-romerske miljø. In Sandnes, Karl Olav; Skarsaune, Oskar & Aasgaard, Reidar (Ed.), Når jeg så skal ut i verden: Barn og tro i tidlig kristendom. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 9788251924481. p. 45–59. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Artikkelen tar opp utbredelsen av opplæring i lese og skrivekunst i gresk-hellenistisk tid og kultur. Den tar opp innholdet i litterær utdanning, omtaler syn på hvordan barn lærer og diskuterer begrepene utdanning, dannelse, kultur, moral og identitet. The article presents the frequency of literacy in greek-hellenistic time and culture. It further presentes contents of literary education, views of children and their capacity to learn, and discusses the concepts of education, Bildung, culture, moral and identity.
Vegge, Tor (2009). Bibelvitenskap og Den norske kirkes lære en kommentar til forholdet mellom bibelvitenskap og kirkens lære med utgangspunkt i uttalelsen "Skriftforståelse og skriftbruk med særlig henblikk på homofilisaken". Tidsskrift for teologi og kirke. ISSN 0040-7194. 80(3), p. 199–219. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The report Understanding of Scripture and Use of Scripture with Particular Referenceto the Issue of Homosexuality from The doctrinal commission of the (Lutheran)Church of Norway (2006), gives opportunity to discuss the relevanceof biblical scholarship for the faith and teaching of the church. Inthis article it is argued that as communicated in this report biblical studieshave little relevance for the theology of the Church of Norway. Both biblicalstudies and churchly theology are interested in understanding biblicaltexts formed under entirely different circumstances than those we liveunder today. The guidelines for understanding ¿ the hermeneutics ¿seem, however, to point in quite different directions. To take as startingpoint a general scientific discussion of what it implies to understand historyand of how meaning is created in texts is quite different from lettingthe confessions of a Lutheran Church give directions for a normativereading of the texts. This may be one of the explanations why biblicalscholarship seems of little relevance for the theological discussion in thepresent report.
Vegge, Tor & Omdal, Helge (2007). Retorikk og stil i det greske nytestamentet og i nyare norske bibelomsetjingar, Bibelspråk og nasjonalspråk. Universitetet i Agder. p. 89–102. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Artikkelen diskuterer stilnivå i det greske nytestamentet på grunnlag av antikk retorikk og viser eksempel på avsnitt med gjennomarbeidd stil. Artikkelen diskuterer vidare kva stilideal som ligg til grunn for nyare norske bibelomsetningar og viser at desse ideala kan vera inspirerte av oppvurdering av det folkelege og interesse for det munnlege og det daglegdagse som vart kultivert i romantikken i ulike fag også i bibelvitskapen. The essay discusses level of style in the greek new testament in light of ancient rhetoric and argues that the books of the New Testament are literary texts and show elements of advanced literary style. The essay discusses further the ideals of style that guide newer translations into Norwegian og the New Testament and argues that those ideals might be inspired by a Romantic interest for the original, the popular and unsophisticated, an interest that also have influenced biblical studies since the 19th century.
Vegge, Tor (2005). The literacy of Jesus the carpenter's son on the literary style in the words of Jesus. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology. ISSN 0039-338X. p. 19–37. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The essay discusses the literary style of the words of Jesus in the gospels and questions the relevance of this issue for our conception of the teaching of the historical Jesus. The gospels render Jesus´ words in Greek, and the rendering has a literary form. The discussion in this essay rests on the principal assumption that "colloquial language" and "literary language" can be differentiated. The literary Koiné Greek was interwoven with Greek culture and Bildung, and literary language is related to education. The gospels draw a striking picture of a literate carpenter's son attracting peasants, fishermen, "tax collectors and sinners". In the light of issues discussed in this essay it can be suggested that an amount of the passages in the words of the literate Jesus of the gospels were incomprehensible for those who did not master the horizon of meaning that was developed in the literary culture. To what degree these observations are relevant for the quest for the historical Jesus needs perhaps further discussion.
Repstad, Pål & Vegge, Tor (2002). Fagteologi på sørlandske prekestoler, Bløde konsonanter Hard religion? Endringer i Sørlandets religiøse liv på 1900-tallet. Kommunion forlag. p. 106–118. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Observasjonen er at det perspektivet som undervises i faget Det nye testamente svært sjeldent kommer til orde på prekenstolene. Artikkelen spør om dette kan finne en forklaring i prestenes oppfatninger om at menighetene forventer bestemte utgaver av teologien på prekestolen og at det som undervises i de teologiske fagene kan oppleves som problematisk av tilhørerne

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Lie, Sissel; Vegge, Tor & Sandhaug, Christina (2020). The Mimesis of Change: Conversions and Peripety in Life Stories. Fabrizio Serra Editore. ISBN 9788833152318. 168 p. Full text in Research Archive
Lie, Sissel; Vegge, Tor & Sandhaug, Christina (2020). The Mimesis of Change: Conversion and Peripety in Life Stories. Fabrizio Serra Editore. ISBN 9788833152318. 167 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Oral, scripted and pictorial art has from its beginnings been focused on the lives of outstanding heroes and human beings: highborn men and women and their prowess, achievements, and errors of judgement and their consequences. Such life stories involve a reversal in the narrated events that provide an example to the listener, reader or spectator, enabling them to avoid repeating the protagonist s errors. By showing the effects of error and the reversals it produces, these narratives teach the audiences to change their ways and convert to a new kind of life. In its more general sense conversion simply means a passage of one state to another, usually centering on a turning point; it may be based on personal choice and conviction, or it may occur as the result of outside forces or events. The articles in this volume collectively demonstrate the ontological complexity of such change and the mimetic representation thereof; they represent different aspects of what the Editors term «the mimesis of change» in the real or fictional lives of characters, exploring how writers and artists deploy the device of peripety to depict personal, social, political, spiritual, artistic and intellectual changes. They also explore the many forms this mimesis of change can take: narratives in letters, tales and autobiographical accounts; images in the shape of poetic moments and paintings; dramatized representation in drama, theatre and spectacle. Finally, since the articles study the mimesis of such change, and not simply the change itself, reception becomes a central theme. It is the purpose of peripety to lead to recognition and change also on the part of the audience of readers and spectators, whether this change takes the shape of the shameful admittance of sin or the relief of a lucky escape
Forsgren, Frida & Vegge, Tor (2018). Hagiographic Adaptations. Fabrizio Serra Editore. ISBN 9788833151151. 193 p. Full text in Research Archive
Justnes, Årstein; Hagelia, Hallvard & Vegge, Tor (2013). Ny bibel, nye perspektiver. Grunntekster, oversettelse og teologi. Portal forlag. ISBN 9788292712764. 199 p. Full text in Research Archive
Hellholm, David; Vegge, Tor; Norderval, Øyvind & Hellholm, Christer (2011). Ablution, initiation, and baptism : late antiquity, early Judaism, and early Christianity. De Gruyter Brill. ISBN 9783110247510. 2024 p. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2006). Paulus und das antike Schulwesen: Schule und Bildung des Paulus. De Gruyter Brill. ISBN 9783110183450. 575 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Der Autor stellt anhand einer Analyse antiker Vorstellungen und Begriffe vom Lehrer, Schüler und Studenten Ausbildungswege, Bildungsideale und literarische Bildung in hellenistischer Zeit dar. Vor diesem weiten Hintergrund und mit Blick auf die Herkunft des Paulus wird anschließend Paulus? Bildungsgang diskutiert. Analysen seiner Briefe (besonders 1 Kor 7 und 2 Kor 10 ? 13) belegen seine hohe Textkompetenz, so dass eine literarische und rhetorische Bildung vorausgesetzt werden muss. The author describes educational methods, educational ideals and literary education in the Hellenistic period based on an analysis of ancient ideas and concepts of teachers, pupils and students. Paul?s education is discussed against this wide background and in view of his ancestry. Analyses of his letters (especially 1 Cor. 7 and 2 Cor. 10?13) prove Paul had great compositional skills, so it must be assumed that he had literary and rhetorical training.
Smith-Gahrsen, Carl & Vegge, Tor (1999). Innføring i boka om Evas ætt. Bibelkunnskap. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget. ISBN 9788276341072. 339 p. Full text in Research Archive

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Vegge, Tor (2024). Jesus i Koranen. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2024). Paulus i sin tid. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2024). Paulus i sin tid. Paulus i vår tid. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2024). Bibelvitenskap i akademia. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2021). Oversettelse av Christos i revidert bibeloversettelse: Kristus eller «den salvede». Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2021). Kommentar: Oversettelse av apollymi i revidert bibeloversettelse. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2018). Gjenoppdag kristendommen med utgangspunkt i boken Marcus Borg, Gjenoppdag kristendommen, 2017. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2017). Luther. Nåde som utgangspunkt for utviklingen av sosialhjelp. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2017). Forestillinger om dødsriket og helvete i bibeltekster. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2017). Hvem var Jesus for Paulus? Om hvor Paulus hentet sine Jesusforestililnger fra. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor & Justnes, Årstein (2016). Ny vin i skinninnbinding: nye grunntekster i Den hellige skrift. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor & Justnes, Årstein (2016). Novum Testamentum Norvegicum: The True Norwegian Bible. Full text in Research Archive
Møller, Hilde Brekke; Justnes, Årstein; Vegge, Tor & Aslaksen, Hildegunn Mellesmo (2016). Har Jesus levd? Podcast: http://www.uia.no/om-uia/podkast/podkaster/har-jesus-levd. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2016). Hellige tekster. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2016). Edsall, Benjamin A.: Paul’s Witness to FormatIve Early Christian Instruction, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2014. XIII, 297 S. = Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 365. Theologische Literaturzeitung. ISSN 0040-5671. 141(6), p. 616–618. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2015). Heilage tekstar og abrahamittisk monoteisme. Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. ISSN 0802-8214. 27(1), p. 20–25. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2015). Historien om Det nye testsamentet for lærere og andre. Anmeldelse av Halvor Moxnes, Historien om Det nye testamentet, Oslo: Verbum 2015. Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. ISSN 0802-8214. 27(3), p. 56–58. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2014). Hvilken rolle og hensikt har bibelvitenskap og tidligkristne studier i 2014? Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2014). Sacred Scripture in the Letters of Paul. In Hoffmann, Matthias R.; John, Felix & Popkes, Enno Edzard (Ed.), Paulusperspektiven. Neukirchener Verlag. ISSN 9783788727956. p. 1–32. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2014). Rezension Smith, Claire S., Pauline Communities as ‘Scholastic Communities’. A Study of the Vocabulary of ‘Teaching’ in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus, , Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2 Reihe 335, Tübingen (Mohr Siebeck) 2012. Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum. ISSN 0949-9571. 18(3), p. 509–512. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2013). Die kulturelle Prägung: Sprache, Erziehung, Bildung. In Horn, Friedrich W. (Eds.), Paulus Handbuch. Mohr Siebeck. ISSN 9783161500831. p. 66–72. Full text in Research Archive
Kvalvaag, Robert; Valen-Sendstad, Ådne & Vegge, Tor (2013). [RLE-faget] må styrkes, ikke endres. Vårt land. ISSN 0805-5424. p. 18–18. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2012). Mahlfeier im Kontext der Deuteropaulinen, des Judasbriefs und des 2Petr. Full text in Research Archive
Justnes, Årstein & Vegge, Tor (2012). Ny vin i skinninnbinding: Bibel 2011 og tilleggene. Full text in Research Archive
Justnes, Årstein & Vegge, Tor (2012). "How Do We Describe 'Biblical' Texts that are Older than the Bible?". Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2012). Juletekstene i Det nye testamente. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2012). Bildungsbegriffe in urchristlichen Schriften. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2012). Thomasevangeliet. Hvorfor er ikke Thomasevangeliet en del av Bibelen? Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2012). Lives of St. Paul in Acts (Luke), The Acts of Paul and in The Acts of Thecla. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2011). Han formørket julens glade budskap. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Intervju i lørdagsbilaget Fædrelandsvennen, God Helg om tekstene om Jesu fødsel og barndom i Matteusevangeliet og Lukasevangeliet
Vegge, Tor (2011). Den nye bibeloversettelsen. Hva venter vi oss? Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2011). Bildung in der Paulusschule. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2011). Hva betyr egentlig «Skriften» i Skriften? Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2011). Bibelbruk i etiske spørsmål. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2011). Skjedde det i de dager …? Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2010). "Det skjedde i de dager". Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Intervju om litterære trekk og historisitet i julefortellingene i Lukasevangeliet og Matteusevangeliet
Vegge, Tor (2009). Bildung/Erziehung, Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2009). "Bibelbruk i den norske debatten om homofili, partnerskap og ekteskap". Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Bidraget/paperet diskuterer to former for bibelbruk, eller snarere to former for hermeneutikk. På den ene siden bibelbruk i kirkens teologi slik den kommer til uttrykk i uttalelsen fra Den norske kirkes lærenemnd, Skriftforståelse og skriftbruk med særlig henblikk på homofilisaken. Uttalelse dra Den norske kirkes lærenemnd, 2006. Den andre formen henter jeg fra et vitenskapelig fagområdet i dette tilfellet mitt eget, bibelvitenskapene. The paper discusses two forms of bible use or two forms of hermeneutics, first the use of the Bible in Norwegian church theology as it is expressed in the publication/presentation in 2006 of the report "Understanding of Scripture and Use of Scripture? with Particular Reference to the Issue of Homosexuality" from The doctrinal commission of the (Lutheran) Church of Norway. The other form is represented by the scientific disciplin biblical studies.
Vegge, Tor (2009). "Ein Blick von außen: Paulus in Lehrplänen und im Unterrichtsalltag in Norwegen". Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Der Beitrag präsentiert wie Paulus in den Lehrplänen und in Schulbüchern in Norwegen dargestellt wird. Diskutiert werden ferner die Herausforderungen bei der Vermittlung von diesem Lernstoff im norwegischen Unterrichtsalltag. Ein zentrale Frage ist die Frage von der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter. Bidraget/paperet presenterer hvordan Paulus opptrer i læreplaner og norske skolebøker. Det diskuterer utfordringene med å formidle dette lærestoffet i skolens undervisning. Et sentralt tema i diskusjonen er spørsmålet om likestilling mellom kjønnene.
Vegge, Tor (2008). Antike Bildungssysteme im Verhältnis zum frühen Christentum. Zeitschrift für Neues Testament. ISSN 1435-2249. 11(21), p. 17–26. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Der Aufsatz präsentiert kurz Bildungsmöglichkeiten, die den Einwohnern in den Städten der hellenistischen und römischen Welt zugänglich waren, und beschreibt weiter die Strukturen der literarischen Bildung: Sprach- und Literaturunterricht, Progymnasmata, Rhetorik und Philosophie, und diskutiert schließlich wie diese Bildung für die ersten Christen relevant war. The article presents briefly the options of education accessible for the inhabitants in the cities of the Hellenistic and Roman world. It describes further the structures of literary education: language and literature, progymnasmata, rhetoric and philosophy. It discusses finally how this education/Bildung was relevant for the early Christians.
Justnes, Årstein & Vegge, Tor (2007). Jesus på norsk: Jesusforskningen i Norge i det 20. århundre. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor & Justnes, Årstein (2007). Jesusforskning i Norge i 20. århundre. Full text in Research Archive
Justnes, Årstein & Vegge, Tor (2006). Jesusforskning i Norge i 20. århundre. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2001). Lars Hartman, Text-Centered New Testament Studies. Text-Theoretical Essays on Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature, Red.: David Hellholm,Tübingen 1997, Mohl Siebeck, 316 s. Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-2176. 102(3), p. 185–185. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2001). Anders Eriksson, Traditions as Rhetorical Proof. Pauline Argumentation in 1 Corinthians, (CB New Testament Series 29), Stockholm 1998, Almquist & Wicksell International, 352 s. Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-2176. 102(3), p. 185–185. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (1999). Anmeldelse: Halvor Moxnes (ed.), Constructing Early Christian Families. Family as social reality and metaphor, London 1997, Routledge, 267s. ?. 100(2), p. 133–134. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (1999). Anmeldelse: Det kristne mennesket: Konstruksjon av ny identitet i antikken (red.: Dag Øistein Endsjø). Antikkprogrammets småskrifter nr 4, Oslo 1998, Norges Forskningsråd. Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-2176. 100(2), p. 132–132. Full text in Research Archive
Vegge, Tor (2004). Die Schule des Paulus. Eine Untersuchung zur Art und zum Stellenwert schulischer Bildung im Leben des Paulus. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Avhandlingen diskuterer Paulus´ litterære dannelse på bakgrunn av en framstilling av utdanning og dannelse i hellenistisk tid. The thesis discusses the literacy of Paul against the background of a presentation of schooling and Bildung in the Hellenistic age.

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