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Abstract 90 years ago, in a study that caused a scandal at the time (By Light, Light: The Mystic Gospel of Hellenistic Judaism , New Haven 1935) , Erwin R. Goodenough put forward the idea that Judaism in the Greek world had evolved into a form of mystical …

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Abstract Discovered in July 2022 on the west bank of Thebes by the American-Egyptian archaeological mission of the South Asasif Conservation Project, the perfectly preserved scroll that will be the subject of these three sessions offers a series of texts …

Abstract Continuation of the previous lecture. The new lecture analyzes the first divine speech to Joshua, in which he is installed as a war leader, in the manner of an Assyrian king. This speech was later reworked from a more " pacifist " perspective. …

Abstract The Homeric epic is rich in sacrificial rituals performed by the protagonists of the plots it unfolds. The question of the status of poetic evocation of ritual gestures is complex. Indeed, the poet's intentions are not documentary and, even if …

Abstract Hugo and Michelet's enthusiasm for the universal vocation of the French Revolution coincided with the conquest and subsequent colonization of Algeria. This session looks at the evolution of French colonial doctrine, around what is commonly …

Abstract Some languages don't have an infinitive  ; others put the subject at the end of their sentence  ; still others have nothing to say about the verb to be. If we look at the Universe and its evolution as a language, would it be fairer to hear the …

Abstract Starting with a reflection on silence, which is a sonic form of shadow, we evoke the birth of a rumor. Not the rumor that slanders or denounces, but that of the first song of the bird that announces and prefigures the arrival of the first light. …

Abstract With the aim of overcoming the limitations of traditional nanoscale vectors for the delivery of therapeutic molecules, notably their reduced ability to cross biological barriers and their sometimes inadequate biocompatibility, growing interest …

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Abstract Today, the witch is a contemporary myth, far removed from the historical experience of the men and women hunted down for demonic witchcraft in the 15th and 17th   centuries. Should historians be content to reject it, in the name of their …

Abstract It might seem paradoxical to examine in the same session a music conductor (Warad-ilišu) and a diviner (Asqudum)  : but the fact is that these characters, with very different skills, enjoyed the confidence of the king, who gave them missions far …

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Abstract Judeo-Hellenistic authors regularly denounce Greek myth as something shameful and incompatible with Judaism. However, this apparently univocal negative impression of Greek myth in Judeo-Hellenistic literature is not without its nuances. Firstly, …

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Abstract Diffusion models have revolutionized generative AI. Conceptually, these methods define a transport mechanism from a noise distribution to a data distribution. Recent work has extended this framework to define transports between arbitrary …