The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob

Painting: Alexandre-Louis Leloir, Jacob's struggle with the angel (1865), Clermont-Ferrand, Musée d'art Roger-Quillot — Alexandre-Louis Leloir, Jacob's struggle with the angel (1865), Clermont-Ferrand, Musée d'art Roger-Quillot

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Program

Lecture

14:00 - 15:00

Jacob and Esau II : Preparing for an encounter. The sanctuary of Mahanaim. Jacob becomes Israel at Penouël (Gn 32,2-33)

Thomas Römer

07 Apr 2022

The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

How Anne copes with her barrenness (1 Samuel 1)

Jürg Hutzli

07 Apr 2022

Translation of texts from the story of Jacob

Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Jacob and Esau III : reconciliation (Gn 33). Appendices to Jacob's story (Gn 34-36)

Thomas Römer

14 Apr 2022

The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

14 Apr 2022

14:00 - 15:00

The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob

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Program

The Jacob epic : content and formation

Translation of texts from the story of Jacob

The priestly version of the epic

Translation of texts from the story of Jacob

Jacob and Esau I : births and conflicts (Gn 25:19-34 and 27:1-45)

Jacob - An ambivalent figure

The founding of the sanctuary at Bethel (Gn 28,10-22)

Translation of texts from the story of Jacob

Jacob at Laban's I : marriages and children (Gn 29,1-30,24)

Translation of texts from the story of Jacob

Jacob at Laban's II : Conflict and agreement (30:25-32:1)

The place and role of women in the Genesis accounts of Jacob

Jacob and Esau II : Preparing for an encounter. The sanctuary of Mahanaim. Jacob becomes Israel at Penouël (Gn 32,2-33)

How Anne copes with her barrenness (1 Samuel 1)

Jacob and Esau III : reconciliation (Gn 33). Appendices to Jacob's story (Gn 34-36)

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