14:00 to 15:00
Lecture

Introduction : War and peace in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible (continued), and the Book of Joshua and the question of the historicity of conquest

Thomas Römer
God at war : accounts of conquest in the book of Joshua
14:00 to 15:00
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Abstract

    A continuation of the previous lecture.

    The new lecture presents the content of the Book of Joshua and theories on its composition. The question of the historicity of the conquest of Canaan is examined. Such a conquest never took place; it is an intervention, a counter-history, which originated in Assyrian times and is inspired by military rhetoric. The possible links between Joshua and King Josiah are also discussed.

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    Speaker(s)

    Thomas Römer

    Professor and Administrator of the Collège de France

    Events

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    Introduction : War and peace i…
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Laura Battini

    Images and memories of war in Mesopotamia in the 1st millennium a.e.c.…
    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    Introduction : War and peace in the Ancient Near East an…
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Lionel Marti

    " At the command of the god Aššur... " Wars, conquests and…
    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    The Book of Joshua and the question of the historicity of the conquest (continued), …
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Sophie Ramond

    The warrior God of the Biblical Psalter
    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    Spies in a prostitute's house (Jos 2) and the miraculous crossing of the Jordan (Jos…
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Dany Nocquet

    The Gibeonites, unexpected allies of Israel and Joshua (Joshua 9-10)?
    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    The miraculous crossing of the Jordan (Jos 3-4, continued) and the rituals for enter…
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Jaeyoung Jeon

    Israel's desert wars in Exodus and Numbers
    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    Rituals for entering the land (Jos 5, continued)
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Valérie Nicolet & Darius Giura

    War and sports metaphors in the Pauline corpus
    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    The conquest of Jericho (Jos 6)
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Hervé Gonzalez

    Jerusalem at war in the Book of Zechariah
    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    Different accounts of conquest (Jos 7-11)
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Patrick Pouchelle

    Jerusalem conquered in Solomon's Psalms
    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00
    Thomas Römer

    Joshua's two farewell speeches :…
    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45
    Katell Berthelot

    The use of the book of Joshua in the books of the Maccabees

    See also

    Seminar related to the lecture: Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible
    Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts
    God at war : accounts of conquest in the book of Joshua