Thomas Römer

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The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts

2025 - 2026

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Nothing new ? Four lessons on the book of Qohelet

Markus Saur
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Changing Biblical Interpretation?

Louis Jonker
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2024 - 2025

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The blasphemous Bible - the reception of the Bible in some of Lars von Trier's films

Mikael Larsson
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The beginnings of Jewish philosophy in antiquity

René Bloch
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2023 - 2024

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Paris, the new Jerusalem : the liturgy of the Sainte-Chapelle

Yossi Maurey
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Feeding the dead: genesis and transformations of a funerary practice in ancient Israel

Christophe Nihan
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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2022 - 2023

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The prophet Haggai and the rebuilding of Jerusalem's Temple in Persian times

Jan Rückl
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History of circumcision, from its origins to the present day. Issues and controversies

Roland Tomb
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The Bible and collective memory

Ronald Hendel
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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2021 - 2022

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Egypt and the Levant: From Territorial to Cultural Empire

Shirly Ben-Dor Evian
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Secularization : European exception or global process ?

Jörg Stolz
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Why Did Christians Part From Judaism? A Fresh Look on the Relationship of Jews and Christians in the First Two Centuries CE?

Jens Schröter
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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2018 - 2019

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Do animal rights exist according to the Hebrew Bible ?

Saul Olyan
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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How to read Genesis 1 in modern times ?

Steven McKenzie
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The Quest of the Historical Jesus: Current Issues and Prospects

Jens Schröter
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The royal epics of Ugarit : Kirta and Aqhatou

Herbert Niehr
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2017 - 2018

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The high priest in Persian times : between history and representations

Christophe Nihan
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The metallurgical foundations of Israelite Yahwism

Nissim Amzallag
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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2016 - 2017

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Broken faith and the discovery of theology - some insights into reasoning in the book of Jeremiah's Lamentations

Christian Frevel
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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How archaeology can shed light on the Bible

Shuichi Hasegawa
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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David Carr

David Carr
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2015 - 2016

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Imagery of Divine Suckling in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East

Christopher Hays
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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2014 - 2015

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New Perspectives on the Philistines in Light Recent Excavations at Tell Es-Safi-Biblical Gath of the Philistines

Aren Maeir
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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In the conflict of interpretations - the book of Job

Manfred Oeming
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2013 - 2014

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Excavating paradise : the Persian garden and the answer to " the enigma of Ramat Rahel "

Oded Lipschits
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Paleoclimatology and ancient Israel - two examples : David and the exile

Bob Becking
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Dominique Lambert

Dominique Lambert
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2012 - 2013

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Towards an understanding of worldviews in the Ancient Near East

Stefan Maul
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2011 - 2012

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The Book of Esther : reflections on diaspora literature in Second Temple Judaism

Jean-Daniel Macchi
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Portable Shrines from Khirbet Qeiyafa and the Biblical Descriptions of Solomon Palace and Temple

Yosef Garfinkel
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2010 - 2011

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Making a name for yourself : procreation, martial prowess and heroic death in ancient Israel

Jacob L. Wright
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2009 - 2010

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Excerpts from a commentary on the Book of Judges : four readings on biblical narrative art and techniques

Jack Sasson
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Home Alone in Judah: Hints of How the Babylonian Empire Administered an "Empty" Land

Oded Lipschits
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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2008 - 2009

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Disability in the prophetic utopian vision

Saul Olyan
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Setting the Stage: The Final Days of the Canaanite City-States in the North in the Late11th and Early10th Centuries BCE

Israel Finkelstein
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Temple and Dynasty: Judah, Assyria and the Rise of the Pan-Israelite Ideology

Israel Finkelstein
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