14:00 to 15:00
Lecture

" Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him... " - The origin of violence (Gn 4)

Thomas Römer
Biblical discourses on origins (Genesis 1-11)
14:00 to 15:00
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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    Abstract

    Gn  4describes humanity's first murder, that of Abel by his own brother Cain. Where does human violence come from, and how can it be curbed ?

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    Speaker(s)

    Thomas Römer

    Professor and Administrator of the Collège de France

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    Thomas Römer

    " Let there be light... " - The creation of the world and human beings (Gn 1,1-2…
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    15:30 to 16:30
    Laura Battini

    The origins of the world : theomachy as a cosmogonic phase in Mesopotamian thought
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    Thomas Römer

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    Corinne Lanoir

    The origins of women in Genesis
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    Thomas Römer

    " Human wickedness multiplied on the earth... " - The reasons for the flood and how i…
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    15:30 to 16:30
    Sophie Ramond

    How and why do the biblical Psalms speak of the origins of ?
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    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    " I will never again curse the ground because of man... " - The end of the flood (Gn&…
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    15:30 to 16:30
    Frédérique Michèle Rey

    The two creation stories : textual transmission, translations and first receptions
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    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    " Noah drank wine and became drunk... " - The invention of wine and the differentiati…
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    15:30 to 16:30
    Jürg Hutzli

    Genesis 10 - a map of the world in literary form
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    Thomas Römer

    " The whole earth was one language... " - The Tower of Babel and the dispersal of man…
    Seminar
    15:30 to 16:30
    Valérie Nicolet

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    See also

    Seminar related to the lecture: How to describe origins in the biblical world and the ancient Near East
    Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts
    Biblical discourses on origins (Genesis 1-11)