Semitica 54

Posted on Tuesday April 10th, 2012Wednesday May 1st, 2013 by Michael Langlois

Semitica 54 is out! Monde sémitique et Bible hébraïque, édité par Michael Langlois sous la direction de Thomas Römer. Paris, Maisonneuve, 2012. 250 p., ISBN 978-2-7200-1164-1. Here is the table ... Read More

The Young Hero

Posted on Friday September 16th, 2011 by Michael Langlois

Samson, David, Daniel or Gilgamesh are some of the most famous heroes in biblical and mesopotamian literature. These characters are the object of a new book entitled “The Young Hero,” that I edite... Read More

Law and Justice in the Ancient Near East: Socio-historical, Ideological and Ethical Questions

Posted on Tuesday May 31st, 2011 by Michael Langlois

The third part of the conference on “Law and Justice in the Ancient Near East” organized by the School of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (ELCOA) takes place on May 30-31,... Read More

The Wine Archives from Mari, by Grégory Chambon

Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009Wednesday January 4th, 2023 by Michael Langlois

The official release of the 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau wines gives me an opportunity to mention the publication of Grégory Chambon’s latest book, The Wine Archives from Mari. I had the pleasure to... Read More

About J.-C. Haelewyck’s Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages

Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009Friday November 20th, 2009 by Michael Langlois

At the editor’s request, I wrote in Le Muséon a critical review of Jean-Claude Haelewyck’s Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages (Safran, 2006). The unusual length of this recensio... Read More