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PresentationThe Greek word for a fault or error is&#160;hamartia; this same word, when it appears in Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible and in the New Testament, is commonly rendered as &#8220;sin.&#8221;&#160; If there were no word like&#160;sin&#160;or&#160;p&#233;ch&#233;&#160;or&#160;S&#252;nde&#160;or&#160;peccato&#160;in modern languages, with the religious connotation these terms have acquired, could we identify a special sense of&#160;hamartia&#160;(or the Latin&#160;peccatum) in the Bible on the basis of context alone?&#160; This colloquium will address the question of when and how error and wrongdoing acquired the specific sense of sin commonly associated with the Judaeo-Christian tradition &#8211; if indeed there was a change.&#160; Under examination will be attitudes toward wrongdoing in ancient cults, ideas of pollution, conceptions of God or gods, and more.The colloquium will consist of several relatively brief papers, in English or French, followed by discussion.&#160; The format is a roundtable discussion, and the number of participants is limited.&#160;ProgramMorning&#160;(9h30 - 13h00)9h30&#160; Sin: The Prehistory,&#160;David Konstan (IEA de Paris, Universit&#233; de New York)10h15&#160;&#160;Le concept de honte chez Philon d'Alexandrie&#160;: &#224; propos de son interpr&#233;tation de la rencontre d'Adam et d&#8217;Eve au jardin d&#8217;Eden,&#160;Carlos L&#233;vy (Universit&#233; Paris-Sorbonne)11h00&#160; Coffee break11h30&#160; Existe-t-il une faute romanesque? P&#233;ch&#233; et contr&#244;le du corps dans les Ethiopiques d'H&#233;liodore,&#160;Romain Brethes (Lyc&#233;e Janson-de-Sailly)Afternoon&#160;(14h30 - 17h30)14h30&#160;P&#233;ch&#233; et n&#233;cessit&#233; chez saint Augustin,&#160;Anne-Isabelle Bouton Touboulic (Universit&#233; Lille 3)&#160;15h30&#160; Secular sin: Pseudo-Phocylides' construction of Biblical prohibitions as universal ethics,&#160;Miguel Herrero de J&#225;uregui (Complutense University (Madrid))16h30&#160; Coffee break17h00&#160;&#160;Was Patristic Sin Different from Ancient Error? The Role of Ethical Intellectualism and the Invention of &#8220;Original Sin&#8221;,&#160;Ilaria Ramelli (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan))DiscussantsAlain Gigandet (Universit&#233; Paris-Est Cr&#233;teil)Suzanne Said (Columbia University)Olivier Renaut (Universit&#233; Paris Ouest Nanterre)Jean-Baptiste Gourinat (Universit&#233; Paris-Sorbonne)Julie Giovacchini (CNRS)Anne Vial-Logeay (Universit&#233; Lille 3)Charles Delattre (Universit&#233; Paris Ouest Nanterre)OrganisationConference organized by David Konstan (IEA Paris / New York University) and Renaud Gagn&#233; (Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study / University of Cambridge)