J’ai l’honneur d’être invité comme orateur principal d’un colloque international à Jérusalem à l’occasion du 30ᵉ anniversaire de la découverte de la stèle de Tel Dan.

Ma conférence plénière reprendra à frais nouveaux l’identification et le positionnement des fragments de l’inscription de Tel Dan. Mes découvertes bouleversent l’étude de cette célèbre inscription araméenne et des royaumes d’Aram, d’Israël et de Juda à l’Âge du Fer.

Je remercie chaleureusement les organisateurs, David Ilan et Yifat Thareani, de m’avoir invité pour ce symposium prestigieux.

Voici le programme du colloque :

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Tel Aviv University
Webb Building, room no. 001

Wednesday afternoon
3:30-4:00: Light refreshments
4:00-4:15: WELCOME. Dr. David Ilan, Director, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem

Session 1: 4:15-6:15 PM: Hazael in the South: Conquest and Its Aftermath. Chair: Dr. Ilana Goldberg, NYU Tel Aviv
4:15-4:45 Prof. Gunnar Lehmann, Department of Archaeology, Ben Gurion University: Hazael in the South: A View from the Negev
4:45-5:15 Prof. Alexander Fantalkin, Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University: Hazael in the South, Hazael in the West
5:15-5:45 Prof. Aren Maeir, The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar Ilan University: Identifying Hazael’s Actions in the Southern Levant: A Case of Looking for the Lost Coin under the Lamp Post?
5:45-6:15 Discussion

Wednesday evening
6:45 PM Dinner for the participants

Thursday, June 6, 2024
Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology – HUC Campus
13 King David Street, Jerusalem

Session 2: 9:00-10:30 AM: Aramaean Lifestyle I: Iron Age IIa Dan as a Case Study. Chair: Prof. Jason Kalman, Hebrew Union College
9:00-9:30 Dr. David Ilan, Director, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, HUC: The Incomplete Gate at Iron Age II Tel Dan
9:30-10:00 Dr. Yifat Thareani, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, HUC and NYU Tel Aviv: Thoughts on the Aramaean Urban Visibility: Manifesting Identity at Iron Age II Dan
10:00-10:30 Dr. Jonathan S. Greer, Grand Valley State University: Hazael’s Conquest and the Decentralization of Israel’s Cult in the 9th Century BCE
10:30-11:00 Coffee break

Session 3: 11:00-12:30 AM: Aramaean Lifestyle II: Material Culture and Identity. Chair: Dr. Eran Arie, the Department of Cultural Heritage,
and the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures, University of Haifa
11:00-11:30 Prof. Naama Yahalom-Mack and Dr. Nava Panitz-Cohen, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The Absence of Evidence IS the Evidence of Absence: Material Culture and Historical Scenarios in Wake of the Tel Abel Beth Maacah Excavations
11:30-12:00 Dr. Andrea Squitieri, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München: Exploring Cross-Regional Dynamics: Stone Vessels and Ground Stone Tools from Tel Dan
12:00-12:45 A visit to the Skirball Museum

1:00-2:30 PM Lunch

Session 4: 2:30-4:00 PM: Aramaeans in Northern Israel: Settlement Patterns and
Political Dominance. Chair: Dr. Hayah Katz, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Kinneret College
2:30-3:00: Dr. Igor Kreimerman, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Hazor and the Aramaeans: A Reevaluation
3:00-3:30 Dr. Assaf Kleiman, Department of Archaeology, Ben Gurion University: The Bronze Age Heritage of the Kingdom of Geshur
3:30-4:00 Dr. Omer Sergi, Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University: Material Culture and Political Affiliation:
The Huleh Valley between Aram and Israel

4:00-4:30 Coffee break

Closing session: 4:30-6:00 PM. Chair: Dr. David Ilan, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, Hebrew Union College
4:00-4:15 GREETINGS: Dr. Nachman Shai, Dean, Hebrew Union College – Jerusalem
4:15-5:45 Keynote lecture – Prof. Michael Langlois, University of Strasbourg and College de France: The Tel Dan Inscription in Context: Royal Inscriptions and Scribal Traditions
5:45-6:00 Concluding remarks and future directions. Yifat Thareani

6:15 PM A celebration dinner at the Persian Garden