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            * GRANTS AND PROJECTS
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            A three-year GAČR project (24-13045S), conducted from 2024 to 2026

            What is the relationship between the Ten Commandments as presented in Exodus 20 and Deuter
            they connect to other biblical legal collections? Were people genuinely expected to act up
            or were they merely theoretical treatises? What did the author intend to convey through se

            blueprints (Ex 25–31) and another six chapters of a completion report (Ex 35–40) regarding
            of the Tent of Meeting? And why is the story of the Golden Calf (Ex 32–34) driven like a w
            them?

            These and other questions lie at the heart of Sláma’s project, Cult and Law in the Book of
            its framework, Prague hosted two international conferences: The Glory of God in Theologica

            (October 22, 2024) and The Pattern of the Tabernacle: Functions and Forms of the Biblical 
            According to Textual and Material Evidence (April 23–25, 2025). A collective monograph dra
            conferences is currently in preparation. The project will also culminate in the second vol

            commentary on the Book of Exodus (Ex 16–40). 
            Czech Science Foundation and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (23-04902K), 2023–2026



            Research plan – invited sessions dedicated to the following topics:
            1) Concepts of Israel in historiographical writings

            2) “Nations” and ethnicity in the Hebrew Bible
            3) Concepts of Israel in the Pentateuch
            4) Concepts of Israel in the prophetic literature

            People:
            Assoc. Prof. Jan Rückl (PRG), principal invesitagor, research: Prophets
            Prof. Dr. Jakob Wöhrle (TÜ)†, research: Pentateuch, esp. Joseph Story

            Friederike Neumann, Ph.D. (TÜ), research: Pentateuch
            Prof. Dr. Filip Čapek (PRG), research: historiographical writings (esp. Kings)
            Kristin Tröndle, Ph.D. (TÜ), research: Jakob Story, XII

            Jan Lukáš, M.A. (PRG), research: Psalms

            Doctoral Projects (GAUK):
                                                                                           
            Project RegistrationProject Title      Investigator        Project Duration    
            Number                                                                         
                                                                                           
            488326              Apostaze v Božské rC. J. Harris        2026 - 2028         
                                Rešef a nebeský zástup v                                   
                                                                                           
                                hebrejské knize Jób                                        
            356925              Implementace propojM. Polášek          2025 - 2027         
                                BHSA a LXX v prostředí                                     
                                                                                           
                                Text-Fabric                                                
                                                                                           
            130123              Izrael v knize ŽalmJ. Lukáš            2023 - 2025         
                                Koncepty identity                                          
                                                                                           
            290723              Koktavý čas, geograS. Talené           2023 - 2025         
                                a tradice: Zkoumání                                        
                                                                                           
                                kartografie konstrukce                                     
                                identity v Lukášových a                                    
                                aktech z pohledu krajin                                    
                                                                                           
                                paměti                                                     






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            * PUBLICATIONS
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            The Visions of Enoch the ProphetDávid Cielontko
            De Gruyter, 2026

            více... [ URL "https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111411835/html?
            srsltid=AfmBOoq0vTUZEvW0PG_TTc2sPz0dOWoAF4awxu1EO2ZltUFcTZsCTIcA"]
            The World of the New Testament: Encountering Texts in ContextDávid Cielontko, et al.

            Fortress Press, 2026
            více... [ URL "https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9798889834496/The-World-of-the-
            JerusalemDavid Rafael Moulis

            2025
            více... [ URL "https://www.davidmoulis.com/kniha/"]
            Archaeology, History, and Identity Formation in Ancient IsraelFilip Čapek

            Karolinum Press, 2024
            více... [ URL "https://karolinum.cz/knihy/capek-archaeology-history-and-identity-formation
            israel-30201"]

            Temples in TransformationFilip Čapek
            LIT Verlag, 2023
            více... [ URL "https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-91398-2/"]

            Kolektivní paměť v bibli a křesťanství: Od teoretických otázek k praktickým aplikacímFilip
            Cielontko
            Karolinum, 2023

            více... [ URL "https://karolinum.cz/knihy/cielontko-kolektivni-pamet-v-bibli-a-krestanstvi
            Když obchází lev řvoucíJiří Mrázek
            Mlýn, 2022

            více... [ URL "https://cupress.cuni.cz/ink2_ext/index.jsp?include=podrobnosti&id=612255"]
            Vidění proroka Henocha: O funkci Podobenství HenochovýchDávid Cielontko
            Karolinum, 2022

            více... [ URL "https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/videni-proroka-henocha-o-funkci-podobenst
            henochovych-499434"]
            Náboženský kult starověkého Izraele pohledem archeologieDavid Rafael Moulis

            Vyšehrad, 2022
            více... [ URL "https://www.ivysehrad.cz/tituly/72912578/nabozensky-kult-starovekeho-izrael
            archeologie/"]






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            * DOCTORAL SEMINAR

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            In the Winter Semester 2026/27, the doctoral seminar will be held through participation in
            online seminar organized in cooperation with the Universities of Tel Aviv, Heidelberg, Tüb

            Zurich, as well as the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (SIS course code: RET1073).
            Theme: Babylon in Judah – Judah in Babylon
            The seminar takes place every Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. (CET) via Zoom. Access detai

            individually to registered participants.
            The seminar is organized by Prof. M. Prudký and Prof. F. Čapek. Technical support is provi
            Junová.