Michael Langlois

I will attend the SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) International Meeting, which will take place on July 4-7, 2011 at the famous King’s College, London.

I will speak in a session entitled “Working with Biblical Manuscripts” with a paper on “Working with Biblical Manuscripts: Joshua 10 at Qumran.” I will show how a new decipherment of the oldest fragments of the Book Joshua sheds light on the history of this fabulous text. See you in London!

I have been invited to speak at an international conference on the Targums (Aramaic versions of the Hebrew Bible) in the light of ancient Jewish traditions from the Second Temple period (i.e. until the beginning of the common era).

My paper will address the question of a possible Second Temple origin for the critique of power in the targumim. If you’re interested, the conference will take place in Strasbourg on June 27-28, 2011.

Here is the meeting program: Read the rest of this entry »

Based on the book Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls Revealed, I have been invited to give a conference in Strasbourg, at the Robertsau socio-cultural center,

Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 3:15 PM

The number of seats is limited; for more information (entrance fee, booking…) please read the poster.
See you there!

The Laboratory of Studies on Monotheisms / Institute of Augustinian Studies (CNRS / EPHE) and the Research Group on Religious Non-Conformisms of the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries and on the History of Protestantisms (University of Strasbourg) organize their Fifth Day of Biblical Exegesis on the following theme :

The Exegesis of Isaiah 8:1-8
Thursday, April 7, 2011 from 10 AM to 4:45 PM

I will be the first speaker of this meeting, with a conference entitled “The Hebrew Text of Isaiah 8:1-8: Problems and Stakes.” Other conferences will follow on various topics such as the Septuagint Greek translation, medieval commentaries, Jewish medieval and modern exegesis, and Protestant readings. This meeting will take place at the University Palace in Strasbourg. Here is the full program: Read the rest of this entry »

I have been invited by the “Bible, Heritage of Mankind” exhibition, in Seloncourt, to give a conference on the following theme:

Archaeology and Biblical Origins

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 8:15 PM

at the conference hall in Seloncourt (25230). More information available on the exhibition’s website. It is a pleasure for me to speak at this exhibition, since I collaborated to its conception, notably through a filmed interview. See you there!