Michael Langlois

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

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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I have been invited to join the Enoch Seminar, an academic group of international specialists in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins:

As a specialist in Second Temple Judaism, you have been nominated, and are warmly invited, to join the Enoch Seminar: www.enochseminar.org Your bio-bibliographical entry has been already added to “4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism”

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I’ve had the pleasure to be second reader of a Master’s thesis in Ancient Near Eastern Philology and History entitled “An Old Testament Christology? Edition and Translation of an Anonymous Ethiopic Homily (BnF Abb 29 f° 1v-6r, BnF Éth 116 f° 7r-14v),” defended today by Mr Sergey Kim, student at the ELCOA, department of Christian Orient.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Orléans Ecumenical Center

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