9:45 - 10:15am
Symposium

The ritual uses of blood in the Hebrew Bible

Christophe Nihan
Blood : discourses, rituals and practices
9:45 - 10:15am
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Speaker(s)

    Christophe Nihan

    University of Lausanne, UMR 7192

    Events

    Opening
    Thomas Römer

    Symposium
    9:30 - 9:45am

    The ritual uses of blood in the Hebrew Bible
    Christophe Nihan

    Symposium
    9:45 - 10:15am

    Mesopotamian blood
    Jean-Marie Durand

    Symposium
    10:15 - 10:45am
    Canceled

    Created with the blood of the rebel. The myth of Atram-hasîs and his vision of man
    Nele Ziegler

    Symposium
    10:45 - 11:15am

    Blood in ancient Egypt
    Nicolas Grimal

    Symposium
    11:45am - 12:15pm

    Were the Assyrians bloodthirsty ? The place of blood in Assyrian royal rhetoric
    Lionel Marti

    Symposium
    12:15 - 12:45pm

    " His blood on him ". Capital punishment in the Hebrew Bible
    Dorothea Erbele-Küster

    Symposium
    2:15 - 2:45pm

    The symbolic use of animals in ritual : a zooarchaeological perspective
    Lidar Sapir Hen

    Symposium
    2:45 - 3:15pm

    Red blood, red wine at Ugarit : comparing archaeological and textual documentation
    Valérie Matoïan

    Symposium
    3:15 - 4:15pm

    Pure blood, impure blood : blood rituals in pre-classical Mesopotamia
    Laura Battini

    Symposium
    4:15 - 4:45pm

    Greek blood between pure and impure
    Philippe Borgeaud

    Symposium
    4:45 - 5:45pm

    Is Yhwh afraid of blood ? Blood, circumcision and Passover
    Thomas Römer

    Symposium
    9:30 - 10:00am

    Blood, sacrifice and rites of passage
    Alfred Marx

    Symposium
    10:00 - 10:30am

    Blood and centralized worship (Leviticus 17)
    Julia Rhyder

    Symposium
    10:30 - 11:00am

    Alliances and consanguinity in the Amorite period
    Dominique Charpin

    Symposium
    11:30am - 12:00pm

    Blood and pharmacopoeia in Mesopotamia
    Vérène Chalendar

    Symposium
    12:00 - 12:30pm

    War, taboo and sacrifice. Blood rites invoked against Hellenistic domination (Zechariah 9)
    Hervé Gonzalez

    Symposium
    2:00 - 2:30pm

    The trade in sacrificial blood according to the Mishna
    David Hamidovic

    Symposium
    2:30 - 3:00pm

    Bloodlust : ancient images of the cannibal as bloodthirsty barbarian and treacherous he…
    Ágnes Anna Motisi-Nagy

    Symposium
    3:00 - 3:30pm

    The blood economy, from the Koran to Muslim Islam
    Jacqueline Chabbi

    Symposium
    4:00 - 4:30pm

    A summary of the symposium from an anthropological perspective
    Salatore D'Onofrio

    Symposium
    4:30 - 5:00pm

    Fence
    Thomas Römer

    Symposium
    5:00 - 6:00pm

    See also

    Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts
    Blood : discourses, rituals and practices