Michael Langlois

I have been invited as a jury for the PhD in French and Comparative Literature prepared by Claire Placial at the University of Paris–Sorbonne with the following title:

For a Close History of Translations. Bibliographical, Historical and Linguistic Study of the Translations of Song of Songs Published in French since the Renaissance.

The defense will take place on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:00, at the Maison de la Recherche, room D223 (28 rue serpente, 75006 Paris). The defense is public.

Samson, David, Daniel or Gilgamesh are some of the most famous heroes in biblical and mesopotamian literature. These characters are the object of a new book entitled “The Young Hero,” that I edited together with J.-M. Durand and Th. Römer.

To give you a taste, here is the table of contents: Read the rest of this entry »

I will attend the SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) International Meeting, which will take place on July 4-7, 2011 at the famous King’s College, London.

I will speak in a session entitled “Working with Biblical Manuscripts” with a paper on “Working with Biblical Manuscripts: Joshua 10 at Qumran.” I will show how a new decipherment of the oldest fragments of the Book Joshua sheds light on the history of this fabulous text. See you in London!

The Laboratory of Studies on Monotheisms / Institute of Augustinian Studies (CNRS / EPHE) and the Research Group on Religious Non-Conformisms of the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries and on the History of Protestantisms (University of Strasbourg) organize their Fifth Day of Biblical Exegesis on the following theme :

The Exegesis of Isaiah 8:1-8
Thursday, April 7, 2011 from 10 AM to 4:45 PM

I will be the first speaker of this meeting, with a conference entitled “The Hebrew Text of Isaiah 8:1-8: Problems and Stakes.” Other conferences will follow on various topics such as the Septuagint Greek translation, medieval commentaries, Jewish medieval and modern exegesis, and Protestant readings. This meeting will take place at the University Palace in Strasbourg. Here is the full program: Read the rest of this entry »

Who are the fallen angels? Where do they come from? What are their names? This last question caught my attention, and I invite you to discover my conclusions in the following paper:

Langlois, Michael. “Shemihazah et compagnie(s). Onomastique des anges déchus dans les manuscrits araméens du Livre d’Hénoch” in Aramaica Qumranica. Proceedings of the Conference on the Aramaic Texts from Qumran in Aix-en-Provence, 30 June – 2 July 2008, edited by Katell Berthelot and Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Leiden – Boston, Brill, 2010, 145-180.