2:00 - 3:00pm
Lecture

Saul, David and Jonathan (continued)

Thomas Römer
The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon
2:00 - 3:00pm
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    High turnout! Please arrive 45 mins before the start. Open to all, subject to availability
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    Abstract

    This strange tale tells of a tormented king who, in the absence of communication with his tutelary deity, makes a disguised visit to a necromancer to bring Samuel up from Sheol. She succeeds, but Samuel's message is not what Saul expected.

    Speaker(s)

    Thomas Römer

    Professor and Administrator of the Collège de France

    Events

    Saul, David, Solomon: mythical or historical figures?…
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near Ea…
    Andrea Pillon

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm

    Saul and the origin of monarchy
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    The use of dynastic seals in the northern Levant
    Valérie Matoïan

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm
    Canceled

    Saul, a cursed king ? David's arrival at Saul's court
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    Contestations of political power in Mesopotamia in the light of the ominal series
    Laura Battini

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm

    Saul, a cursed king? David's arrival at Saul's court (continued)
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    Can power in Assyria be illegitimate ?
    Lionel Marti

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm

    Saul, a cursed king? David's arrival at Saul's court (continued)
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    Politics and statistics : when scribes invented numbers
    Axel Bühler

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm

    Saul, David and Jonathan (continued)
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    The Davidic dynasty and the temple
    Jan Rückl

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm

    Saul with the necromancer of En-Dor and David's kingship
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    King Solomon : a review of the texts and their history
    Emanuelle Pastore

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm

    The transfer of the Ark to Jerusalem and David's ambiguous kingship
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    Royal utopias in the Twelve Prophets and the challenge to Hellenistic power
    Hervé Gonzalez

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm
    Canceled

    The end of David's reign and Solomon's rise to power
    Thomas Römer

    Lecture
    2:00 - 3:00pm

    David in the book of Chronicles
    Sophie Ramond

    Seminar
    3:15 - 4:45pm

    See also

    Seminar related to the lecture: Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
    Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts
    The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon