Michael Langlois

The Qumran Library’s second volume is out!

After a first volume on Genesis, we worked on Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers.

For those who do not know this project, our purpose it to offer a bilingual edition (original text and French translation, with introductions and notes) of all Dead Sea scrolls. Manuscripts are grouped according to the books of the Bible they are related to.

I publish two very interesting Greek manuscripts in this volume:
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Paul-Hubert Poirier has published a review of my book, Le premier manuscrit du Livre d’Hénoch, in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2010), 799-800. He states that:

The importance of L[anglois]’s book for Enoch studies cannot be overstated

I want to express my deepest gratitude to Paul-Hubert Poirier for his extremely positive review, which I invite you to read in its entirety below:

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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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André Paul wrote a review of my book, Le premier manuscrit du Livre d’Hénoch, in Recherches de Science Religieuse 98/1 (2010), 116-117. His first words are:

Le tout jeune universitaire Michaël LANGLOIS a réalisé un coup de maître avec sa thèse sur les textes araméens d’Hénoch retrouvés à Qumrân, plus précisément les fragments du premier manuscrit, 4Q201. Sa démarche est inédite et non moins solide. Dans une synergie admirable, il a su mettre à profit sa quadruple et riche formation, de scientifique informaticien, de théologien exégète, de linguiste philologue et d’épigraphiste paléographe.

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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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