Thomas Römer

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The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts

2025 - 2026

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

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

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Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The Origins of Jewish Philosophy in Antiquity
René Bloch

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2023 - 2024

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

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Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Feeding the dead: genesis and transformations of a funerary practice in ancient Israel
Christophe Nihan

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Guillaume-Budé Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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2022 - 2023

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

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Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The Bible and collective memory
Ronald Hendel

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Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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2021 - 2022

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

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Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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2018 - 2019

Do animal rights exist according to the Hebrew Bible ?
Saul Olyan

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Guillaume-Budé Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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How to read Genesis 1 in modern times ?
Steven McKenzie

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Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The Quest of the Historical Jesus: Current Issues and Prospects
Jens Schröter

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Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The royal epics of Ugarit : Kirta and Aqhatou
Herbert Niehr

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2017 - 2018

The high priest in Persian times : between history and representations
Christophe Nihan

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The metallurgical foundations of Israelite Yahwism
Nissim Amzallag

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Mireille-Delmas-Marty Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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2016 - 2017

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

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Guillaume-Budé Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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How archaeology can shed light on the Bible
Shuichi Hasegawa

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Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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David Carr
David Carr

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2015 - 2016

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

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Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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2014 - 2015

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

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Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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In the conflict of interpretations - the book of Job
Manfred Oeming

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2013 - 2014

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

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Mireille-Delmas-Marty Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Paleoclimatology and ancient Israel - two examples : David and the exile
Bob Becking

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Mireille-Delmas-Marty Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Dominique Lambert
Dominique Lambert

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2012 - 2013

Towards an understanding of worldviews in the Ancient Near East
Stefan Maul

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2011 - 2012

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

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

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2009 - 2010

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

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Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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2008 - 2009

Disability in the prophetic utopian vision
Saul Olyan

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Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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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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