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XXXIII Colloquium Biblicum
I am excited to announce my participation in the XXXIII Colloquium Biblicum, which will take place from April 8–10, 2026, in Prague. The event will be hosted at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of Charles University and will focus on the theme "Image, Image-Making and the Creation of…
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I am excited to announce the next edition of our International Summer School, which will take place in 2026 at Faculdade Unida de Vitória. Organized in partnership with PD Dr Thomas Wagner (Bergische Universität Wuppertal), this edition will focus on the theme "Ancestral Visual Epistemologies".
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Last week, from September 8–12, the "International Summer School: Iconography of the Ancient World" took place in Wuppertal, Germany. The course is the result of a partnership between Faculdade Unida de Vitória and Bergische Universität Wuppertal, and was organized by PD Dr Thomas Wagner and me.
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Last week, I spent three days in São Paulo for two launch events for my book "O código devorado: os usos da iconografia antigo-oriental na exegese bíblica" (The Devoured Code: The Uses of Ancient Near Eastern Iconography in Biblical Exegesis) (Editora Recriar, 2025).
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My book "O código devorado: os usos da iconografia antigo-oriental na exegese bíblica" (The Devoured Code: The Uses of Ancient Near Eastern Iconography in Biblical Exegesis) was recently published by Editora Recriar. It translates into Brazilian Portuguese and expands upon my habilitation…
Read the full storyChallenging Dichotomies
The book "Challenging Dichotomies and Biases in the Study of the Ancient Southern Levant," which I co-edited with Bruno Biermann, Fabio Porzia, and Christoph Uehlinger, was recently published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Read the full storyHabilitation — check!
I am happy, grateful, and humbled to have completed yesterday my habilitation procedure in Protestant Theology (Old Testament with a focus on ancient Israel and its neighboring cultures) at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Bern. After having my postdoctoral thesis…
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