Thursday 9 April 2026 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot Open to all, subject to availability 15:15 - 16:45 The seminar is cancelled. Speaker(s) Hervé Gonzalez Collège de France, UMR 7192 Events Previous Lecture 12 Feb 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul, David, Solomon: mythical or historical figures?… Seminar 12 Feb 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Andrea Pillon Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near Ea… Lecture 19 Feb 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul and the origin of monarchy Seminar 19 Feb 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Valérie Matoïan The use of dynastic seals in the northern Levant Canceled Lecture 26 Feb 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul, a cursed king ? David's arrival at Saul's court Seminar 26 Feb 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Laura Battini Contestations of political power in Mesopotamia in the light of the ominal series Lecture 12 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul, a cursed king? David's arrival at Saul's court (continued) Seminar 12 Mar 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Lionel Marti Can power in Assyria be illegitimate ? Lecture 19 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul, a cursed king? David's arrival at Saul's court (continued) Seminar 19 Mar 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Axel Bühler Politics and statistics : when scribes invented numbers Lecture 26 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul, David and Jonathan (continued) Seminar 26 Mar 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Jan Rückl The Davidic dynasty and the temple Lecture 2 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul with the necromancer of En-Dor and David's kingship Seminar 2 Apr 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Emanuelle Pastore King Solomon : a review of the texts and their history Lecture 9 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer The transfer of the Ark to Jerusalem and David's ambiguous kingship High turnout Seminar 9 Apr 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Hervé Gonzalez Royal utopias in the Twelve Prophets and the challenge to Hellenistic power Canceled Lecture 16 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer The end of David's reign and Solomon's rise to power High turnout Seminar 16 Apr 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Sophie Ramond David in the book of Chronicles Next See also Lecture related to the seminar: The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East