Michael Langlois

Judaism, followed by Christianity and Islam, is often associated with the birth of monotheism. But is it really the case? Didn’t monotheism appear earlier? On the other hand, is the Bible really monotheistic? What do the earliest manuscripts reveal?

If you want to know more, come

Friday, March 16, 2010 at 8:30 PM

For a conference on

The Birth of Monotheism

This conference is organized by the Lions Club Montigny les 3 Villages, and will take place at Ferme du Manet, 61 avenue du Manet, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux. For more information and booking, please visit the Lions Club website.

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 exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls at the National Library of France has been a huge success: 30000 visitors, unanimous press, book out of print before the exhibition even ended…

By the way, a new printing is under way, so that those of you who could not get a copy of the book will soon be able to do so.

In the meantime, here are a few articles from the book, which will help you wait until it’s available again, or perhaps even convince you to get one!
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The Institute of Near Eastern Studies of the College of France and our CNRS team (UMR 7192) organize, with the collaboration of the Asiatic Society, a meeting with the following theme:

Fault and Punishment in Oriental Civilizations

This meeting will take place on June 21-22, 2010 at the College of France. Here is the full program: Read the rest of this entry »