Michael Langlois

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…”)!

This is the title of the chapter I published in the new volume dedicated to the Young Hero.
If you find this title intriguing, there’s one thing to do: read the chapter! Here it is in PDF format. Enjoy!

Michael Langlois, « Loin des yeux, non du cœur : l’héroïsme selon Daniel » in Le jeune héros. Recherches sur la formation et la diffusion d’un thème littéraire au Proche-Orient ancien, éd. par Jean-Marie Durand, Thomas Römer et Michael Langlois (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 250), Fribourg, Academic Press / Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011, p. 242-258.

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 »

The Hebrew word ḥesed (חֶ֫סֶד) has a profound meaning which modern versions of the Bible can’t grasp. Various translations are used, such as mercy, faithfulness, kindness, favor, loyalty, love, grace, etc.
But what does it really mean? And what are its theological implications?

Come Thursday, September 15 at 11 AM for this new Master 2 course in Strasbourg!