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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Lecture 26 Feb 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul, a cursed king ? David's arrival at Saul's court High turnout Seminar 26 Feb 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Laura Battini Contestations of political power in Mesopotamia in the light of the ominal series Guest lecturer 4 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Markus Saur "There is no end to the multiplication of books." (Ecclesiastes 12:12).… Guest lecturer 11 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Markus Saur " Nothing new under the sun. " (Ecclesiastes 1:9).… Lecture 12 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul, David and Jonathan High turnout Seminar 12 Mar 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Lionel Marti Can power in Assyria be illegitimate ? Guest lecturer 18 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Markus Saur " There is a time for everything. " (Ecclesiastes 3:1).… Lecture 19 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul at the necromancer's in En-Dor High turnout Seminar 19 Mar 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Axel Bühler Politics and statistics : when scribes invented numbers Guest lecturer 25 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Markus Saur " Vanity of vanities, says Qohelet. " (Ecclesiastes 1,2).… Lecture 26 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer David's kingship and the transfer of the Ark to Jerusalem High turnout 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 The ambiguous kingship of David : from the promise of an eternal dynasty to adultery and … High turnout Seminar 2 Apr 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Emmanuelle Pastore King Solomon : a review of the texts and their history Lecture 9 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Solomon's rise to power and construction of the temple 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 Lecture 16 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer The end of Solomon and the beginning of the history of the two kingdoms High turnout Seminar 16 Apr 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Sophie Ramond David in the book of Chronicles Guest lecturer 26 May 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Louis Jonker Socio-Political Transformation and Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Post-Apartheid South Africa Guest lecturer 1 Jun 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Louis Jonker Reforming History: The Book of Chronicles and Its Reception in Post-Apartheid South Africa Next 7 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (3) Seminar (1) Symposium (2) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Academic year (-) 2025 - 2026 (2) 2024 - 2025 (2) 2023 - 2024 (2) 2022 - 2023 (1) 2021 - 2022 (2) 2020 - 2021 (2) 2019 - 2020 (2) 2018 - 2019 (3) 2017 - 2018 (2) 2016 - 2017 (3) 2015 - 2016 (2) 2014 - 2015 (2) 2013 - 2014 (2) 2012 - 2013 (2) 2011 - 2012 (2) (-) 2010 - 2011 (2) 2009 - 2010 (2) (-) 2008 - 2009 (3) Active filters 2025 - 2026 2010 - 2011 2008 - 2009 2025 - 2026 Lecture High turnout The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon Thomas Römer 12 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026 12 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026 Seminar Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Thomas Römer 12 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026 12 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026 2010 - 2011 Lecture The god Yhwh : its origins, its cults, its transformation into a single god Thomas Römer 03 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2011 03 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2011 Symposium How do you become a prophet ? Thomas Römer, Jean-Marie Durand 04 Apr 2011 → 05 Apr 2011 04 Apr 2011 → 05 Apr 2011 2008 - 2009 Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 The horns of Moses. Bringing the Bible into history Thomas Römer 05 Feb 2009 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 05 Feb 2009 18:00 - 19:00 Lecture The construction of an ancestor : the formation of the Abrahamic cycle Thomas Römer 11 Feb 2009 → 07 May 2009 11 Feb 2009 → 07 May 2009 Symposium The young hero Thomas Römer, Jean-Marie Durand 06 Apr 2009 → 07 Apr 2009 06 Apr 2009 → 07 Apr 2009
Lecture 26 Feb 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Saul, a cursed king ? David's arrival at Saul's court High turnout
Seminar 26 Feb 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Laura Battini Contestations of political power in Mesopotamia in the light of the ominal series
Guest lecturer 4 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Markus Saur "There is no end to the multiplication of books." (Ecclesiastes 12:12).…
Guest lecturer 11 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Markus Saur " Nothing new under the sun. " (Ecclesiastes 1:9).…
Guest lecturer 18 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Markus Saur " There is a time for everything. " (Ecclesiastes 3:1).…
Seminar 19 Mar 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Axel Bühler Politics and statistics : when scribes invented numbers
Guest lecturer 25 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Markus Saur " Vanity of vanities, says Qohelet. " (Ecclesiastes 1,2).…
Lecture 26 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer David's kingship and the transfer of the Ark to Jerusalem High turnout
Lecture 2 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer The ambiguous kingship of David : from the promise of an eternal dynasty to adultery and … High turnout
Seminar 2 Apr 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Emmanuelle Pastore King Solomon : a review of the texts and their history
Lecture 9 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer Solomon's rise to power and construction of the temple 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
Lecture 16 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Thomas Römer The end of Solomon and the beginning of the history of the two kingdoms High turnout
Guest lecturer 26 May 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Louis Jonker Socio-Political Transformation and Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Post-Apartheid South Africa
Guest lecturer 1 Jun 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Louis Jonker Reforming History: The Book of Chronicles and Its Reception in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Lecture High turnout The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon Thomas Römer 12 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026 12 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026
Seminar Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Thomas Römer 12 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026 12 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026
Lecture The god Yhwh : its origins, its cults, its transformation into a single god Thomas Römer 03 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2011 03 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2011
Symposium How do you become a prophet ? Thomas Römer, Jean-Marie Durand 04 Apr 2011 → 05 Apr 2011 04 Apr 2011 → 05 Apr 2011
Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 The horns of Moses. Bringing the Bible into history Thomas Römer 05 Feb 2009 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 05 Feb 2009 18:00 - 19:00
Lecture The construction of an ancestor : the formation of the Abrahamic cycle Thomas Römer 11 Feb 2009 → 07 May 2009 11 Feb 2009 → 07 May 2009
Symposium The young hero Thomas Römer, Jean-Marie Durand 06 Apr 2009 → 07 Apr 2009 06 Apr 2009 → 07 Apr 2009
