The conference is opened to the students as well as the public
The lecture will be given in English
09:00 – Gathering and Refreshments
09:30 – 11:00 – First Session: King Josiah and Judah in the 7th Century BCE
Oded Lipschits Judah in the 7th Century BCE: Between “the Archaeology of the Days of
Manasseh” and “the Archaeology of the Days of Josiah”
Filip Čapek King Josiah Between Eclipse and Rebirth—Judah of the 7th Century BCE in
History and Literature
11:00 – Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 – Second Session: Material Culture of 7th Century Judah
David R. Moulis Hezekiah´s Cultic Reform According to Archaeological Evidence
Liora Freud Distinctiveness and Transformation in the Pottery of Late Iron Age Judah
13:00 –15:00 – Lunch Break
15:00 – 15:15 – Greetings
Prof. Leo Corry, Dean, The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities
Mr. Karel Pažourek, Deputy Head of Mission, the Czech Republic in Israel
15:15–16:45 – Third Session: Literary Traditions of 7th Century Judah
Martin Prudký Narrative Topography in Biblical Stories and
Historical Geography: 7th Century Strata in the
Jacob Tradition?
David Cielontko Two Faces of Manasseh: Double Reception of
Manasseh in the Literature of the Early Judaism
16:45 – Coffee Break
17:15–18:45 – Fourth Session: The Judahite Hill Country in
the 7th Century BCE
Yuval Gadot Jerusalem and Assyria in the 7th Century BCE:
The Adoption of Imperial Designs in City and Country
David Ben Shlomo New Late Iron Age Evidence from Tel Hebron
