Michael Langlois

The first volume of “Writing the Bible” series is just out!

Written by Valérie Triplet-Hitoto, edited by your servant with a foreword by Francis Schmidt, it focuses on the interpretation of Dt 29:28 in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Here is the teaser I wrote for the back cover:

« Les choses cachées sont pour Yhwh notre Dieu, et les choses révélées sont pour nous et pour nos fils pour toujours, afin que nous mettions en pratique toutes les paroles de cette Loi » (Dt 29,28). Ce verset intrigue. Il fascine. Que sont ces choses « cachées », dont seul Dieu semble avoir connaissance ? Sont-elles cachées à tous et à jamais ? N’y a-t-il pas moyen d’en recevoir la révélation ?

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I will be the guest of “Time to tell,” a live show hosted by Stéphanie Gallet on RCF Radio on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 from 9 AM to 11:30 AM. The show’s theme will be: “What do Dead Sea Scrolls teach us?” You will be able to react live by calling 04.72.38.20.23. I’m waiting for you!

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On the occasion of the Qumran exhibition at the National Library of France, I was interviewed by Journalist Alain Guyot from daily newspaper “Ouest France“.

The article was published on the fourth cover page on April 14, 2010; you can read it all in PDF format below. I warmly thank Alain Guyot for the quality of his work!
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On the occasion of the upcoming Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition, I was interviewed by Anne Soupa, Chief Editor of Biblia magazine:

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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.