Writing the Bible

Posted on Saturday December 3rd, 2011Thursday January 3rd, 2013 by Michael Langlois

After a year-long gestation, the new series I submitted to Éditions du Cerf is ready to be born! Sous la plume de biblistes, philologues, épigraphistes et historiens des religions, cette collection ... Read More

Translations of Song of Songs Published in French since the Renaissance

Posted on Tuesday November 29th, 2011 by 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 Transla... Read More

The Targums in Light of Second Temple Traditions

Posted on Saturday June 18th, 2011Wednesday December 17th, 2014 by Michael Langlois

I have been invited to speak at an international conference on the Targums (Aramaic versions of the Hebrew Bible) in the light of ancient Jewish traditions from the Second Temple period (i.e. until th... Read More

Advanced Hebrew 2011 at the University of Strasbourg

Posted on Monday January 17th, 2011Monday January 17th, 2011 by Michael Langlois

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 st... Read More

About J.-C. Haelewyck’s Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages

Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009Friday November 20th, 2009 by Michael Langlois

At the editor’s request, I wrote in Le Muséon a critical review of Jean-Claude Haelewyck’s Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages (Safran, 2006). The unusual length of this recensio... Read More