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Doctoral Stipends through the RIAB Minerva Center
The RIAB Minerva Center is offering 2-3 stipends for the coming years for PhD students dealing with topics relating to the center’s...

Aren Maeir
Mar 22, 20171 min read
Planned activities of the RIAB Center for the year and half
See below a list of the planned activities of the RIAB Center for the next year and a half: 1) Monday, June 12th 2017 (at 14:00), a...

Aren Maeir
Mar 18, 20171 min read


2nd Annual con. - New Perspectives on Aramean and Israelite Epigraphy, Inscriptions act (March 2017)

Aren Maeir
Mar 1, 20170 min read
2nd Annual Meeting of the RIAB Center – March 1-3, 2017
The 2nd Annual Meeting of the RIAB Minerva Center will be held at Bar-Ilan University and Hebrew University on March 1-3, 2017. The...

Aren Maeir
Feb 18, 20171 min read


RIAB Workshop 2017/1: Archaeological Evidence of the Hazael Campaign to the “South”
The first workshop for the 2016/2017 academic year of the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times...

Aren Maeir
Jan 15, 20171 min read



Aren Maeir
Jan 2, 20170 min read
“Wandering Arameans” volume in press
Please note that the first volume directly relating to the RIAB Minerva Center is now officially in press – and appears on the...

Aren Maeir
Dec 27, 20161 min read
New volume on Israel-Aramean relations
Dr. Omer Sergi, RIAB center member, and his colleagues M. Oeming and I. de Hulster, have just published a very important volume – “In...

Aren Maeir
Dec 19, 20161 min read
Upcoming workshop on Hazael Destruction Levels – Jan. 19, 2017
Please reserve the date for an upcoming workshop (for researchers and graduate students in the field), the first of the RIAB Minerva...

Aren Maeir
Dec 4, 20161 min read
Lawson Younger’s new book on Aramean political history
A very important volume on Aramean political history has just appeared – that should be a major resource for many years to come. The...

Aren Maeir
Oct 13, 20161 min read
New study on the definition of the “Ashdodite” language in Nehemia 13:23-24, by Prof. An
A new study by Prof. Angelika Berlejung, co-director of the RIAB center has appeared. In this study, the “Ashdodite” language mentioned...

Aren Maeir
Aug 10, 20161 min read
Dr. Leeor Gottlieb awarded ISF grant on the Aramaic Targums of the Pentateuch
Dr. Leeor Gottlieb (BIU), who is a member of the RIAB Center, has informed me that he has been awarded a 4 year grant from the Israel...

Aren Maeir
Jul 17, 20161 min read


Photos of the 1st International Meeting, Leipzig (June 2016)
Below is a selection of pictures from the 1st International Meeting of the RIAB Minerva Center, which was held on June 5th-9th, 2016, at...

Aren Maeir
Jun 18, 20161 min read


The First International Meeting of the RIAB Center meeting, Leipzig (June 5th-9th, 2016)
Last week, the first international meeting of the RIAB Center was conducted in Leipzig. The conference, with participants from Israel,...

Aren Maeir
Jun 13, 20161 min read
Dependency and Autonomy in Intercultural Relations: Israel and Aram as a Case Study
The first volume of the RIAB Minerva Center publication series – “Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times” (RIAB), which is...

Aren Maeir
May 31, 20161 min read
Lecture at BIU by Prof. Angelika Berlejung
On Monday, May 9th, 2016, Prof. Angelika Berlejung, co-director of the RIAB Minerva Center, who was in Israel to participate in the 4th...

Aren Maeir
May 12, 20161 min read


4th workshop summary (May, 2016)
As mentioned previously, on May 4-6, 2016, a field workshop was conducted by center members and guests at sites in NE Israel, relevant to...

Aren Maeir
May 12, 20162 min read
4th workshop of the RIAB Center – Field workshop to archaeological sites in NE Israel
The 4th workshop of the RIAB Center will take place this week, on Wednesday-Friday (May 4th-6th, 2016). The workshop will be a “roving”...

Aren Maeir
May 1, 20161 min read
Lecture at BIU by Prof. Angelika Berlejung (May 9th, 2016)
The RIAB Center is happy to announce the following lecture by Prof. Angelika Berlejung (center co-director): מרכז מינרבה לקשרים בין ישראל...

Aren Maeir
Apr 7, 20161 min read
New paper by Dr. Leeor Gottlieb on the Hebrew Vorlage of Targum Chronicles
Dr. Leeor Gottlieb, BIU member of the Minerva Center, has just published a very interesting article, one of the first publication...

Aren Maeir
Apr 4, 20161 min read



