The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Guest lecturer 1 Jun 2026 4:00 - 5:00pm Louis Jonker Reforming History: The Book of Chronicles and Its Reception in Post-Apartheid South Africa Next 6 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (3) Seminar (2) Symposium (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 2021 - 2022 2014 - 2015 2025 - 2026 Lecture 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 2021 - 2022 Lecture The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob Thomas Römer 24 Feb 2022 → 14 Apr 2022 24 Feb 2022 → 14 Apr 2022 Seminar Translation of texts from the story of Jacob Thomas Römer 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022 2014 - 2015 Lecture The Book of Exodus : myths and stories (continued) Thomas Römer 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 Symposium Representing gods and men in the Ancient Near East and the Bible Thomas Römer 05 May 2015 → 06 May 2015 05 May 2015 → 06 May 2015
