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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 … 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 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 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 4 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (2) Symposium (2) 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 2013 - 2014 2012 - 2013 2013 - 2014 Lecture The Book of Exodus : myths and stories Thomas Römer 20 Feb 2014 → 10 Apr 2014 20 Feb 2014 → 10 Apr 2014 Symposium Between gods and men : angels, demons and more.. Thomas Römer 19 May 2014 → 20 May 2014 19 May 2014 → 20 May 2014 2012 - 2013 Lecture The human condition : Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible Thomas Römer 07 Feb 2013 → 11 Apr 2013 07 Feb 2013 → 11 Apr 2013 Symposium Divine wrath and repentance Thomas Römer 24 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013 24 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013
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 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
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
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 …
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
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
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 The Book of Exodus : myths and stories Thomas Römer 20 Feb 2014 → 10 Apr 2014 20 Feb 2014 → 10 Apr 2014
Symposium Between gods and men : angels, demons and more.. Thomas Römer 19 May 2014 → 20 May 2014 19 May 2014 → 20 May 2014
Lecture The human condition : Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible Thomas Römer 07 Feb 2013 → 11 Apr 2013 07 Feb 2013 → 11 Apr 2013
Symposium Divine wrath and repentance Thomas Römer 24 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013 24 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013
