14:00 to 15:00
Lecture

The Book of Joshua and the question of the historicity of the conquest (continued), and Joshua's installation as war leader (Jos 1)

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

    Continuation of the previous lecture.

    The new lecture analyzes the first divine speech to Joshua, in which he is installed as a war leader, in the manner of an Assyrian king. This speech was later reworked from a more " pacifist " perspective.

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    Speaker(s)

    Thomas Römer

    Professor and Chairman of the Collège de France

    Events

    Introduction : War and peace i…
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

    Images and memories of war in Mesopotamia in the 1st millennium a.e.c.…
    Laura Battini

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    Introduction : War and peace in the Ancient Near East an…
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

    " At the command of the god Aššur... " Wars, conquests and…
    Lionel Marti

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    The Book of Joshua and the question of the historicity of the conquest (continued), …
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

    The warrior God of the Biblical Psalter
    Sophie Ramond

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    Spies in a prostitute's house (Jos 2) and the miraculous crossing of the Jordan (Jos…
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

    The Gibeonites, unexpected allies of Israel and Joshua (Joshua 9-10)?
    Dany Nocquet

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    The miraculous crossing of the Jordan (Jos 3-4, continued) and the rituals for enter…
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

    Israel's desert wars in Exodus and Numbers
    Jaeyoung Jeon

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    Rituals for entering the land (Jos 5, continued)
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

    War and sports metaphors in the Pauline corpus
    Valérie Nicolet & Darius Giura

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    The conquest of Jericho (Jos 6)
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

    Jerusalem at war in the Book of Zechariah
    Hervé Gonzalez

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    Different accounts of conquest (Jos 7-11)
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

    Jerusalem conquered in Solomon's Psalms
    Patrick Pouchelle

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    Joshua's two farewell speeches :…
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    14:00 to 15:00

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

    Seminar
    15:15 to 16:45

    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