Michael Langlois

The course of Old Testament Textual Criticism that I teach at the School of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the Catholic University of Paris starts tomorrow!

This discipline consists in the comparison and evaluation of biblical manuscripts in Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Latin, Syriac, and so on. In what way do they differ? Can we retrieve the original biblical text? Answer: tomorrow at 4 PM!

After the holidays, it’s time to got back to class! This semester, I’ll continue my first-year Hebrew course, while teaching an Advanced Hebrew class designed for second- and third-year students in the Bachelor’s program. We’ll look at a number of texts of various literary genres from the Hebrew Bible, focusing on syntax and structure — essential elements of a sound exegesis!

See you tomorrow, January 26, 2012 at 8 AM!

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.

After vacation time, a good Hebrew session will help you get back on track! Come to Strasbourg on Friday, November 4, 2011, from 10:00 to 18:00.

We’ll go over the basics of Hebrew grammar and read a few biblical passages. The session will resume on Saturday from 8:00 to 12:00, with my colleague Madeleine Wieger. See you on Friday!

It’s time to get back to school in Paris! Your Hebrew is getting old? Want to study texts from the Hebrew Bible?

Come to ELCOA (School of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations) every other Friday from 10 AM to 12 PM. We start this coming Friday, September 30, with Psalm 121 (“I lift my eyes to the mountains…”)!