Michael Langlois

The second episode of “Saga semitica,” asked by Jewish magazine Pharm’Aviv, is now published:

After Adam, Enoch and Noah, the Genesis saga experiences an unexpected turn of events: instead of embracing the whole of humanity, it focuses more and more on an ethnic group, a clan, a family, a character. Who? Why such an emphasis? Read on in this new episode of “Saga semitica”!

Michael Langlois, “Saga semitica, épisode 2″ in Pharm’aviv 128, juin 2011, p. 29-31

Amélie Le Bihan has published a review of Qumrân: The Dead Sea Scrolls Reveales in Histara. She concludes by stating that this book:

présente de nombreux intérêts. Il s’agit en effet d’une synthèse complète sur l’histoire des manuscrits, de leur découverte et de leur contenu mais aussi leur remise en contexte dans la Judée antique (…). Il fait ainsi le bilan de plus de 60 ans de recherches sur ces manuscrits de la mer Morte et permet encore de renouveler notre connaissance des habitants juifs de Qumrân, de la naissance de la Bible, du judaïsme ancien et des premiers temps du christianisme. Ce livre est indispensable à toute personne s’intéressant à ces questions.

The full review is available on Histara’s website, or below in PDF format.
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The first issue of French magazine Le Nouveau Messager (May-June 2011) features a dossier on “The Bible, a Book to Live.” On this occasion, I was interviewed by Editor-in-Chief Patricia Rohner-Hégé, who wanted to know more about my reading and teaching experience of the Bible:

Interview Michael Langlois, Le Nouveau Messager (05-06/2011), p. 11.

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Jewish magazine Pharm’Aviv asked me to write a paper, entitled “Saga semitica”:

This is not a remix of the famous song by Yannick Noah, “Saga Africa,” whose twentieth birthday is celebrated this year. This is about another saga, much older (plurimillenary!), that puts on stage another Noah—from the Bible. This is the saga of a people and, in a way, of mankind.

Michael Langlois, “Saga semitica” in Pharm’Aviv 127 (03/2011), p. 36-38.

On the occasion of my conference in Seloncourt on the theme “Archaeology and Biblical Origins,” I was interviewed by the great regional newspaper Est Républicain in its March 31, 2011 issue.

Here is the article written by journalist Annie Volatier:

You will notice that a few errors slipped in the article, which is not unusual when the interview is not recorded and journalists create dialogs. For instance, the oldest complete Hebrew Bible dates from the beginning of the XIth century CE, whereas the Dead Sea Scrolls (a quarter of which are copies of books included in the Hebrew Bible) date from the turn of the CE.