Academic year 2011-2012

Yosef Garfinkel
Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

Portable Shrines from Khirbet Qeiyafa and the Biblical Descriptions of Solomon Palace and Temple

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

Israel Finkelstein
Professeur à l'Université de Tel-Aviv (Israël)

THE EMERGENCE OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
1. Setting the Stage: The Final Days of the Canaanite City-States in the North in the Late 11th and Early 10th Centuries BCE

2. An Early Northern Territorial Entity in the Plateau of Gibeon-Bethel and the Biblical Account of King Saul

3. The Early Days of the Northern Kingdom: Tirzah and the Territorial Expansion to the Lowlands

4. Comments on the Omrides: Samaria, Ramoth-gilead and Moab

Thursdays, February 9, 16, 23 février at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 28 at 11:00 a.m. Salle 2.

Jean-Daniel Macchi
Professor at the University of Geneva (Switzerland)

The book of Esther : A piece of Jewish literature during the Second Temple period

Mondays, October 10, 17 and 24. Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.