Michael Langlois

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.

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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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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.

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!