Michael Langlois

On the occasion of the Qumran exhibition at the National Library of France, I was interviewed by Journalist Alain Guyot from daily newspaper “Ouest France“.

The article was published on the fourth cover page on April 14, 2010; you can read it all in PDF format below. I warmly thank Alain Guyot for the quality of his work!
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Antonio Piñero wrote a review of my book, Le premier manuscrit du Livre d’Hénoch, in Estudios Biblicos 67/2 (2009), 333-335. He concludes that:

Realmente no tengo más que palabras de alabanza por el cuidado riguroso y la pulcritud de la edición ofrecida por Langlois. La presentación de los pasajes leídos y reconstruidos a partir de los fragmentos es extremadamente clara. Para mayor comodidad de lectura y consulta, en las pp. 457-476 el autor presenta los pasajes del Libro de Henoc atestiguados en el manuscrito 4Q201 uno a continuación del otro, junto con el texto griego y el etiópico (también transcrito para ayudar a su lectura). Enhorabuena al autor y a la Editorial Cerf, que ha acometido la edición de un texto de difícil venta popular, pero que no podrá faltar en nuestras bibliotecas.

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For the first time in its history, the National Library of France will host an exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls! This unprecedented event will take place on April 13 – July 11, 2010, and has been entitled Qumran: Uncovering the Dead Sea Scrolls. Hang on!

The National Library asked me to serve as their Scientific Advisor for this exhibition, which I accepted with great pleasure. Moreover, I will share with Laurent Héricher (oriental manuscripts curator) the Direction of Publication related to this exhibition. More on that later…

Please visit the National Library’s website for more information (such as opening hours, price, access…).

The latest edition of the Introduction to the Old Testament features a new section on the Eastern Churches’ Old Testament, with a general introduction followed by individual presentations of the main books included in the oriental canons.

I was asked to write this section, in which I proposed to include the following books: 3–4 Maccabees, 3–4 Esdras, Jubilees, Enoch, and the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs.

Here is a list of my contributions in PDF format:

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At the editor’s request, I wrote in Le Muséon a critical review of Jean-Claude Haelewyck’s Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages (Safran, 2006).

The unusual length of this recension (16 pages!) is due to the numerous problems encountered at the reading of this volume. J.-C. Haelewyck is aware of these problems and answered me with these nice words: “I wish all authors to receive such critique. You go into details while always remaining nice and constructive.”

Here is the article in PDF format:
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