Michael Langlois

For the first time in its history, the National Library of France will host an exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls! This unprecedented event will take place on April 13 – July 11, 2010, and has been entitled Qumran: Uncovering the Dead Sea Scrolls. Hang on!

The National Library asked me to serve as their Scientific Advisor for this exhibition, which I accepted with great pleasure. Moreover, I will share with Laurent Héricher (oriental manuscripts curator) the Direction of Publication related to this exhibition. More on that later…

Please visit the National Library’s website for more information (such as opening hours, price, access…).

The latest edition of the Introduction to the Old Testament features a new section on the Eastern Churches’ Old Testament, with a general introduction followed by individual presentations of the main books included in the oriental canons.

I was asked to write this section, in which I proposed to include the following books: 3–4 Maccabees, 3–4 Esdras, Jubilees, Enoch, and the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs.

Here is a list of my contributions in PDF format:

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I have been invited to join the Enoch Seminar, an academic group of international specialists in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins:

As a specialist in Second Temple Judaism, you have been nominated, and are warmly invited, to join the Enoch Seminar: www.enochseminar.org Your bio-bibliographical entry has been already added to “4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism”

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Dariusz Długosz published a review of my book, Le premier manuscrit du Livre d’Hénoch, in The Qumran Chronicle. He concludes that:

Thanks to Michael Langlois’ research, a new direction for the study of Qumran manuscripts has been traced, both for the fragments’ material analysis and their interpretation.

Here is the whole review in PDF format:

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“Religions & Histoire” magazine talks about our Qumran Library project, whose first volume was published a few months ago.

According to the author, Philippe de Beauvillé, “this scientifical, didactical and cultural edition is demanding, but exciting for both a large andience and scholars.” This was indeed our objective, and I’m glad to hear that it was achieved!

You can read the article here:
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