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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News 2024 - 2025 Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 The blasphemous Bible - the reception of the Bible in some of Lars von Trier's films Mikael Larsson 03 Oct 2024 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 03 Oct 2024 11:00 - 12:00 Guest lecturer The beginnings of Jewish philosophy in antiquity René Bloch 22 Jan 2025 → 12 Feb 2025 22 Jan 2025 → 12 Feb 2025 2023 - 2024 Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Paris, the new Jerusalem : the liturgy of the Sainte-Chapelle Yossi Maurey 11 Oct 2023 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 11 Oct 2023 17:00 - 18:00 Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 Feeding the dead : genesis and transformations of a funerary practice in ancient Israel Christophe Nihan 26 Apr 2024 Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot 26 Apr 2024 11:00 - 12:00 2022 - 2023 Guest lecturer The prophet Haggai and the rebuilding of Jerusalem's Temple in Persian times Jan Rückl 26 Oct 2022 → 15 Nov 2022 26 Oct 2022 → 15 Nov 2022 Guest lecturer 17:30 - 18:30 History of circumcision, from its origins to the present day. Issues and controversies Roland Tomb 25 Jan 2023 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 25 Jan 2023 17:30 - 18:30 Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 The Bible and collective memory Ronald Hendel 10 May 2023 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 10 May 2023 11:00 - 12:00 2021 - 2022 Guest lecturer Egypt and the Levant: From Territorial to Cultural Empire Shirly Ben-Dor Evian 01 Oct 2021 → 20 Oct 2021 01 Oct 2021 → 20 Oct 2021 Guest lecturer Secularization : European exception or global process ? Jörg Stolz 01 Jun 2022 → 27 Jun 2022 01 Jun 2022 → 27 Jun 2022 Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Why Did Christians Part From Judaism? A Fresh Look on the Relationship of Jews and Christians in the First Two Centuries CE? Jens Schröter 08 Jun 2022 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Jun 2022 17:00 - 18:00 2018 - 2019 Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 Do animal rights exist according to the Hebrew Bible ? Saul Olyan 09 Nov 2018 Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot 09 Nov 2018 11:00 - 12:00 Guest lecturer 16:00 - 17:00 How to read Genesis 1 in modern times ? Steven McKenzie 04 Apr 2019 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 04 Apr 2019 16:00 - 17:00 Guest lecturer 16:00 - 17:00 The Quest of the Historical Jesus: Current Issues and Prospects Jens Schröter 08 Apr 2019 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Apr 2019 16:00 - 17:00 Guest lecturer The royal epics of Ugarit : Kirta and Aqhatou Herbert Niehr 09 May 2019 → 29 May 2019 09 May 2019 → 29 May 2019 2017 - 2018 Guest lecturer The high priest in Persian times : between history and representations Christophe Nihan 09 Oct 2017 → 30 Oct 2017 09 Oct 2017 → 30 Oct 2017 Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded The metallurgical foundations of Israelite Yahwism Nissim Amzallag 16 May 2018 Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot 16 May 2018 11:00 - 12:00 2016 - 2017 Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Broken faith and the discovery of theology - some insights into reasoning in the book of Jeremiah's Lamentations Christian Frevel 22 Feb 2017 Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot 22 Feb 2017 17:00 - 18:00 Guest lecturer 14:30 - 15:30 How archaeology can shed light on the Bible Shuichi Hasegawa 08 Mar 2017 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Mar 2017 14:30 - 15:30 Guest lecturer David Carr David Carr 16 May 2017 → 06 Jun 2017 16 May 2017 → 06 Jun 2017 2015 - 2016 Guest lecturer 14:30 - 15:30 Imagery of Divine Suckling in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Christopher Hays 15 Apr 2016 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 15 Apr 2016 14:30 - 15:30 2014 - 2015 Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 New Perspectives on the Philistines in Light Recent Excavations at Tell Es-Safi-Biblical Gath of the Philistines Aren Maeir 25 Feb 2015 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 25 Feb 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Guest lecturer In the conflict of interpretations - the book of Job Manfred Oeming 27 Mar 2015 → 30 Mar 2015 27 Mar 2015 → 30 Mar 2015 2013 - 2014 Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Excavating paradise : the Persian garden and the answer to " the enigma of Ramat Rahel " Oded Lipschits 08 Oct 2013 Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Oct 2013 17:00 - 18:00 Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Paleoclimatology and ancient Israel - two examples : David and the exile Bob Becking 03 Dec 2013 Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot 03 Dec 2013 17:00 - 18:00 Guest lecturer Dominique Lambert Dominique Lambert 28 Feb 2014 → 07 Mar 2014 28 Feb 2014 → 07 Mar 2014 2012 - 2013 Guest lecturer Towards an understanding of worldviews in the Ancient Near East Stefan Maul 05 Oct 2012 → 26 Oct 2012 05 Oct 2012 → 26 Oct 2012 2011 - 2012 Guest lecturer The Book of Esther : reflections on diaspora literature in Second Temple Judaism Jean-Daniel Macchi 10 Oct 2011 → 02 Nov 2011 10 Oct 2011 → 02 Nov 2011 Guest lecturer 14:00 - 15:00 Portable Shrines from Khirbet Qeiyafa and the Biblical Descriptions of Solomon Palace and Temple Yosef Garfinkel 23 May 2012 23 May 2012 14:00 - 15:00 2010 - 2011 Guest lecturer 14:30 - 15:30 Making a name for yourself : procreation, martial prowess and heroic death in ancient Israel Jacob L. Wright 17 Dec 2010 17 Dec 2010 14:30 - 15:30 2009 - 2010 Guest lecturer Excerpts from a commentary on the Book of Judges : four readings on biblical narrative art and techniques Jack Sasson 22 Oct 2009 → 09 Nov 2009 22 Oct 2009 → 09 Nov 2009 Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Home Alone in Judah: Hints of How the Babylonian Empire Administered an "Empty" Land Oded Lipschits 07 Apr 2010 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 07 Apr 2010 17:00 - 18:00 2008 - 2009 Guest lecturer 15:00 - 16:00 Not recorded Disability in the prophetic utopian vision Saul Olyan 06 Feb 2009 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 06 Feb 2009 15:00 - 16:00 Guest lecturer Setting the Stage: The Final Days of the Canaanite City-States in the North in the Late11th and Early10th Centuries BCE Israel Finkelstein 13 Mar 2009 → 28 Feb 2012 13 Mar 2009 → 28 Feb 2012 Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Temple and Dynasty: Judah, Assyria and the Rise of the Pan-Israelite Ideology Israel Finkelstein 13 Mar 2009 13 Mar 2009 17:00 - 18:00
Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 The blasphemous Bible - the reception of the Bible in some of Lars von Trier's films Mikael Larsson 03 Oct 2024 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 03 Oct 2024 11:00 - 12:00
Guest lecturer The beginnings of Jewish philosophy in antiquity René Bloch 22 Jan 2025 → 12 Feb 2025 22 Jan 2025 → 12 Feb 2025
Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Paris, the new Jerusalem : the liturgy of the Sainte-Chapelle Yossi Maurey 11 Oct 2023 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 11 Oct 2023 17:00 - 18:00
Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 Feeding the dead : genesis and transformations of a funerary practice in ancient Israel Christophe Nihan 26 Apr 2024 Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot 26 Apr 2024 11:00 - 12:00
Guest lecturer The prophet Haggai and the rebuilding of Jerusalem's Temple in Persian times Jan Rückl 26 Oct 2022 → 15 Nov 2022 26 Oct 2022 → 15 Nov 2022
Guest lecturer 17:30 - 18:30 History of circumcision, from its origins to the present day. Issues and controversies Roland Tomb 25 Jan 2023 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 25 Jan 2023 17:30 - 18:30
Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 The Bible and collective memory Ronald Hendel 10 May 2023 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 10 May 2023 11:00 - 12:00
Guest lecturer Egypt and the Levant: From Territorial to Cultural Empire Shirly Ben-Dor Evian 01 Oct 2021 → 20 Oct 2021 01 Oct 2021 → 20 Oct 2021
Guest lecturer Secularization : European exception or global process ? Jörg Stolz 01 Jun 2022 → 27 Jun 2022 01 Jun 2022 → 27 Jun 2022
Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Why Did Christians Part From Judaism? A Fresh Look on the Relationship of Jews and Christians in the First Two Centuries CE? Jens Schröter 08 Jun 2022 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Jun 2022 17:00 - 18:00
Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 Do animal rights exist according to the Hebrew Bible ? Saul Olyan 09 Nov 2018 Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot 09 Nov 2018 11:00 - 12:00
Guest lecturer 16:00 - 17:00 How to read Genesis 1 in modern times ? Steven McKenzie 04 Apr 2019 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 04 Apr 2019 16:00 - 17:00
Guest lecturer 16:00 - 17:00 The Quest of the Historical Jesus: Current Issues and Prospects Jens Schröter 08 Apr 2019 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Apr 2019 16:00 - 17:00
Guest lecturer The royal epics of Ugarit : Kirta and Aqhatou Herbert Niehr 09 May 2019 → 29 May 2019 09 May 2019 → 29 May 2019
Guest lecturer The high priest in Persian times : between history and representations Christophe Nihan 09 Oct 2017 → 30 Oct 2017 09 Oct 2017 → 30 Oct 2017
Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded The metallurgical foundations of Israelite Yahwism Nissim Amzallag 16 May 2018 Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot 16 May 2018 11:00 - 12:00
Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Broken faith and the discovery of theology - some insights into reasoning in the book of Jeremiah's Lamentations Christian Frevel 22 Feb 2017 Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot 22 Feb 2017 17:00 - 18:00
Guest lecturer 14:30 - 15:30 How archaeology can shed light on the Bible Shuichi Hasegawa 08 Mar 2017 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Mar 2017 14:30 - 15:30
Guest lecturer 14:30 - 15:30 Imagery of Divine Suckling in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Christopher Hays 15 Apr 2016 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 15 Apr 2016 14:30 - 15:30
Guest lecturer 11:00 - 12:00 New Perspectives on the Philistines in Light Recent Excavations at Tell Es-Safi-Biblical Gath of the Philistines Aren Maeir 25 Feb 2015 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 25 Feb 2015 11:00 - 12:00
Guest lecturer In the conflict of interpretations - the book of Job Manfred Oeming 27 Mar 2015 → 30 Mar 2015 27 Mar 2015 → 30 Mar 2015
Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Excavating paradise : the Persian garden and the answer to " the enigma of Ramat Rahel " Oded Lipschits 08 Oct 2013 Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Oct 2013 17:00 - 18:00
Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Paleoclimatology and ancient Israel - two examples : David and the exile Bob Becking 03 Dec 2013 Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot 03 Dec 2013 17:00 - 18:00
Guest lecturer Dominique Lambert Dominique Lambert 28 Feb 2014 → 07 Mar 2014 28 Feb 2014 → 07 Mar 2014
Guest lecturer Towards an understanding of worldviews in the Ancient Near East Stefan Maul 05 Oct 2012 → 26 Oct 2012 05 Oct 2012 → 26 Oct 2012
Guest lecturer The Book of Esther : reflections on diaspora literature in Second Temple Judaism Jean-Daniel Macchi 10 Oct 2011 → 02 Nov 2011 10 Oct 2011 → 02 Nov 2011
Guest lecturer 14:00 - 15:00 Portable Shrines from Khirbet Qeiyafa and the Biblical Descriptions of Solomon Palace and Temple Yosef Garfinkel 23 May 2012 23 May 2012 14:00 - 15:00
Guest lecturer 14:30 - 15:30 Making a name for yourself : procreation, martial prowess and heroic death in ancient Israel Jacob L. Wright 17 Dec 2010 17 Dec 2010 14:30 - 15:30
Guest lecturer Excerpts from a commentary on the Book of Judges : four readings on biblical narrative art and techniques Jack Sasson 22 Oct 2009 → 09 Nov 2009 22 Oct 2009 → 09 Nov 2009
Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Home Alone in Judah: Hints of How the Babylonian Empire Administered an "Empty" Land Oded Lipschits 07 Apr 2010 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 07 Apr 2010 17:00 - 18:00
Guest lecturer 15:00 - 16:00 Not recorded Disability in the prophetic utopian vision Saul Olyan 06 Feb 2009 Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 06 Feb 2009 15:00 - 16:00
Guest lecturer Setting the Stage: The Final Days of the Canaanite City-States in the North in the Late11th and Early10th Centuries BCE Israel Finkelstein 13 Mar 2009 → 28 Feb 2012 13 Mar 2009 → 28 Feb 2012
Guest lecturer 17:00 - 18:00 Temple and Dynasty: Judah, Assyria and the Rise of the Pan-Israelite Ideology Israel Finkelstein 13 Mar 2009 13 Mar 2009 17:00 - 18:00
