Michael Langlois

“Men and Women”: this is the theme that has been chosen for the Interdisciplinary Days which will take place on March 4-5, 2010 at the University of Strasbourg’s Faculty of Protestant Theology.

My colleague Frédéric Rognon and I will lead the first workshop entitled “the eternal feminine et and the eternal masculine.” Beware: we’ve adopted an offbeat style, with lots of humour and suprises…

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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’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.

Beginning today and for six weeks, I am teaching a course in Biblical Sciences for second-year Unistra Master’s students. The theme is the Construction of a Conquest Account in the Book of Joshua. It will of course deal with the famous battles taking place when the people of Israel enters the promised land, Canaan. After a global structural analysis, we will examine in details one of these episodes in order to assess its redactional history and theological purposes. This course will take place every Monday from 11:00 to 12:30.

As of September 1, 2009, I am now Associate Professor at the University of Strasbourg. This prestigious university is the largest in France, and the only one to include a Faculty of Theology.

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