Michael Langlois

For the first time in its history, the National Library of France will host an exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls! This unprecedented event will take place on April 13 – July 11, 2010, and has been entitled Qumran: Uncovering the Dead Sea Scrolls. Hang on!

The National Library asked me to serve as their Scientific Advisor for this exhibition, which I accepted with great pleasure. Moreover, I will share with Laurent Héricher (oriental manuscripts curator) the Direction of Publication related to this exhibition. More on that later…

Please visit the National Library’s website for more information (such as opening hours, price, access…).

Spring semester has begun at the University of Strasbourg! Beginning tomorrow (January 26, 2010), I’m teaching an Advanced Hebrew class designed for students already familiar with Biblical Hebrew morphology.

By studying various texts from the Hebrew Bible, we will underline the specifics of Biblical Hebrew syntax and develop a methodology of structural analysis. These are fundamental tools in the exegete’s toolbox!

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’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.