Michael Langlois

André Paul wrote a review of my book, Le premier manuscrit du Livre d’Hénoch, in Recherches de Science Religieuse 98/1 (2010), 116-117. His first words are:

Le tout jeune universitaire Michaël LANGLOIS a réalisé un coup de maître avec sa thèse sur les textes araméens d’Hénoch retrouvés à Qumrân, plus précisément les fragments du premier manuscrit, 4Q201. Sa démarche est inédite et non moins solide. Dans une synergie admirable, il a su mettre à profit sa quadruple et riche formation, de scientifique informaticien, de théologien exégète, de linguiste philologue et d’épigraphiste paléographe.

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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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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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Professors Thomas Römer and Christophe Nihan have invited me to give a lecture on “The Book of Enoch, Presentation and Perspectives” at the University of Lausanne, Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences.
See you on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 5:00 PM!