Michael Langlois

On the occasion of the “Bible, Heritage of Mankind” exhibition, recently inaugurated at the UNESCO, I answered Bernard Coyault’s questions on the textual history of the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) and the comparison of ancient biblical manuscripts and versions (the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Old Greek version called Septuagint, and so on).

This filmed interview is an integral part of the exhibition and, as such, will be viewed by all visitors interested in the Bible, its history, and its transmission. Here is the video: Read the rest of this entry »

On the occasion of the upcoming Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition, I was interviewed by Anne Soupa, Chief Editor of Biblia magazine:

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The “Bible, Heritage of Mankind” exhibition will be inaugurated at UNESCO on February 8-12, 2010!

I had the pleasure to help with this project as a specialist of the Bible and the Biblical World.

To find out more about the inauguration program (including an artistic gala!), please visit the exhibition website.

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The Third International Conference on Christian Apocryphal Literature will take place on January 14-16, 2010, at the University of Strasbourg. Its theme is: “Christian Apocryphal Literature and Jewish Scriptures“.

The program is very rich, with dozens of papers and conferences. It is available below in PDF format:

Christian Apocryphal Literature and Jewish Scriptures

Olivier Artus, Director of the School of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the Catholic University of Paris, has invited me again to teach Old Testament Textual Criticism.

This course, which I already taught last year, aims at comparing ancient witnesses of the Hebrew Bible — mainly Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Syriac and Latin. A true journey back to the sources of the biblical text! Join us next Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 13:00 for our first session.