Michael Langlois

Feast is a central theme in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Think about religious festivals, such as Passover, or family feasts, such as weddings. Think also about the parable of the banquet, or even the Lamb’s marriage supper in the book of Revelation. Feast is at the heart of the Bible!

To know more, come to Strasbourg for the next PULSE night on Friday, April 13 at 8 PM, at the Salvation Army (5 rue de la Chaîne). Bring your friends!

I am back on MaCasbah.net TV show, where Saïd Oujibou asked me more questions on the authenticity of Scriptures.

We talked about archaeology, apocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature, or the impact of scientific research on the Christian faith. Here is the full interview, which starts at 09:50:

I was on yesterday’s MaCasbah.net TV show, where Saïd Oujibou interviewed me on the authenticity of Scriptures.

We addressed such questions as the birth of the Bible, the selection of the books that compose it, or the presence of variant readings in the earliest biblical manuscripts. Here is the full interview, which starts at 07:24:

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.

The Book of Qoheleth stands apart from all other books of the Hebrew Bible. It alternates irony, fatalism, spleen, but also invitation to joy; no wonder how difficult it looks even for the diligent Bible reader!

The “Qoheleth Paradox“: that’s the title of my talk at IFES Strasbourg on February 16, 2012 at 8 PM. Come to the Protestant University Chaplaincy, 7 avenue de la Forêt Noire. See you on Thursday!