The Minerva Center

A very interesting conference on Persian Period cult that will be held at BIU on January 26 to 29, 2026. The conference is organized by Prof. Tova Ganzel, and the Minerva RIAB Center  is a co-organizer. The conference, "Temple Life in the Persian Empire", will include lectures on a diverse range of topics relating to, inter alia, cult, religion, temple praxis, religious identity, texts and archaeology, covering various regions within the Achaemenid Empire. I will also be pres

Happy to announce a conference " Jerusalem through the Ages: New Perspectives ", which will be held at Schloss Beuggen, Rheinfelden,...

Great news from Mohr Siebeck publishers that the proceedings volume of our conference on urbanism from fall 2022 is about to appear! The...

The Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies  and the Minerva RIAB Center  will be conducting a fascinating conference on the...

Check out about the workshop we conducted today: https://gath.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/workshop-on-israelites-phoenicians-and-arameans-in...