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University of Lausanne, Amphipôle 315
Friday, 10th of May 2019
13h00: Address of Welcome: Director of the IRSB, Simon Butticaz
13h05: Introduction: Thomas Römer, Jürg Hutzli
13h30: From Ur to Harran: History of Origins or Late Rewriting? Lionel Marti, CNRS, France
14h15: Israel’s Exodus from Egypt according to P: Baal Zephon and Yam Suph in Exodus 14: Konrad Schmid, University of Zurich
15h00: Mount Casius (Baal Zephon?) – The archaeological perspective: Eliezer Oren, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
15h45-16h15: Break
16h15: The inscriptions of Mt. Gerizim and P: Jürg Hutzli, University of Lausanne
17h00: The Sanctuary on Mt. Gerizim: Some Historical and Religious-Historical Observations and Conclusions: Benedikt Hensel, University of Zurich
17h45: Literary Extensions in the Genealogies of the Primeval History and Their Indications for a Relative Dating: Michaela Bauks, University of Koblenz-Landau
Saturday 11th of May 2019
09h00: The Priestly Texts and Linguistic Dating: Harald Samuel, University of Göttingen
09h45: Fabrics, Vessels, and Other Cultic Materials: A Contribution to the Historical Contextualization of Priestly Traditions: Christophe Nihan, University of Lausanne
10h30: The Collective Character of the Sabbath as Priestly Innovation: Wolfgang Oswald, University of Tübingen
11h15: The Priestly Wilderness Redaction and the Persian Empire: Jaeyoung Jeon, University of Lausanne
12h00-13h45: Lunch Break
13h45: Utopia of an Inegalitarian Theocracy in Numbers 1-4: Axel Bühler, University of Geneva
14h30: Num 18 as "Hermeneutical Key" for the Relation Between Aaronides and Levites in the Book of Numbers: Katharina Pyschny, University of Bochum
15h15: Redaction by Geography? The Shifting Shape of Israelite Transjordan in Numbers 32: Jordan Davies, University of Zurich
16h00-16h30: Break
16h30: Balaam's God(s): Anna Elisa Zernecke, University of Kiel
17h15: Conclusion: Thomas Römer, Collège de France, University of Lausanne
Sinergia Conference at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University, Wiener Library
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17
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09:15-09:30
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Introduction to the Jacob Track in the Sinergia Project: Aims and Achievements |
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09:30-11:00
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COMPILATION, REDACTION AND RECEPTION OF THE JACOB CYCLE / CHAIR: ODED LIPSCHITS |
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| 11:30-13:00 | Guy Darshan: The Priestly Account of the End of Jacob's Life: A New Proposal Meira Polliack: Typologies of Jacob/Rachel in Deutero-Isaiah: Literary Function and Reception Exegesis |
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| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch Break | |
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14:30-16:00
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THE JACOB CYCLE IN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT / CHAIR: iSRAEL FINKELSTEIN |
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16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 16:30-18:45 | Casey Strine: Your Name Shall No Longer Be Jacob, but Refugee: Involuntary Migration and the Growth of the Jacob Cycle Jakob Wöhrle: Jacob from Isarael and Jacob from Judah: Reflections upon the Formation of the Historical Backgrounds of the Jacob Story Benedikt Hensel: Israel and Edom in the Jacob Narrative |
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18
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09:15-10:30
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ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRE-P JACOB CYCLE / CHAIR: CHRISTOPHE NIHAN |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00-13:15 | BETHEL: ARCHEOLOGY AND ITS ROLE IN THE JACOB CYCLE / CHAIR: KONRAD SCHMID Aharon Tavger: "And He Called the Name of that Place Bethel" (Genesis 28:19): Historical Geography and Archeology of the Sanctuary of Bethel Oded Lipschits: Archeology and Text, Text and Archeology: Methodological Notes and Bethel as a Case-Study Israel Finkelstein: Bethel: What is There and What "Should be There" (to Fit a Theory), But is Not There |
(session at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Denver, Colorado)
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Theme: History of the Pentateuch: Combining Literary and Archaeological Approaches
Konrad Schmid, Universität Zürich, Introduction (15 min)
International Conference at the University of Lausanne
Unil Cubotron Auditoire I (sous-sol)
Illustration: Bode Museum Berlin, photo Th. Römer
Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives
The conference will take place on the 18th–19th of December 2017 at Tel Aviv University, Building Gilman in Room 133.
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Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approaches
University of Lausanne, Amphipole, room 321
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Contact: anna.angelini
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Subproject A
The Cultural and Historical World behind Genesis 25–50
A1. Shifting Historical Realities Reflected in the Jacob Cycle (Gen 25–35)
chair: Konrad Schmid
• Omer Sergi, Tel Aviv
• Assaf Kleiman, Tel Aviv
• Aren Max Wilson-Wright, Zurich
A2. The Joseph Story and its Material and Cultural Context
chair: Thomas Römer
• Shirly Ben Dor Evian, Tel Aviv
• Samuel Arnet, Zurich
Subproject B
The Historical Geography of the Priestly Documents
and of the Priestly Literature in the Book of Numbers
B1. The Historical Location(s) of the Priestly Document
chair: Christophe Nihan, Thomas Römer, Konrad Schmid
• Débora Sandhaus, Tel Aviv
• Jürg Hutzli, Lausanne
B2. The Historical Geography of the Book of Numbers
chair: Oded Lipschits
• Allon Wagner, Tel Aviv
• Jordan Davis, Zurich
Subproject C
Sanctuaries, Cult, and Ritual in Ancient Israel and
Ancient Judah
C1. Sanctuaries in Ancient Israel and Judah and Deuteronomy’s Program of Cult Centralization
chair: Israel Finkelstein
• Erin Hall, Tel Aviv
• Yitzhak Lee, Tel Aviv
• Sabine Metzer, Tel Aviv
• Katharina Pyschny, Lausanne
C2. The Food Laws of the Pentateuch: Textual and Archaeological Perspectives
chair: Christophe Nihan
• Abra Spiciarich, Tel Aviv
• Peter Altmann, Zurich
• Anna Angelini, Lausanne
