ASOR 2012 Annual Meeting

Posted on Wednesday November 14th, 2012Wednesday November 14th, 2012 by Michael Langlois

I am in Chicago for the ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research) 2012 Annual Meeting, which takes place on November 14-17. This conference gathers historians, archaeologists and epigraphers workin... Read More

Biblical Texts Older than the Bible, in Norway

Posted on Thursday August 9th, 2012Thursday October 25th, 2018 by Michael Langlois

The University of Agder, in Norway, launches a great research project entitled “‘Biblical’ Texts Older than the Bible.” Three foreign scholars have been invited to take part in... Read More

The Bible Facing Archaeology on RCF

Posted on Saturday June 9th, 2012Saturday May 25th, 2013 by Michael Langlois

I was on RCF radio to answer Guillaume de Clermont’s questions on “The Bible Facing Archaeology.” This interview is a follow-up to the conference I gave in Orleans on this theme; you... Read More

A New Ostracon Mentioning Biblical Makkedah

Posted on Thursday May 3rd, 2012Wednesday October 12th, 2016 by Michael Langlois

I’ve just published a new inscription mentioning biblical Makkedah. It is written in Aramaic and dated to the fourth century BCE. It is an “ostracon,” i.e. a pottery shard recycled i... Read More

Christian Palestinian Aramaic Unicode Font

Posted on Friday April 27th, 2012Wednesday November 29th, 2017 by Michael Langlois

Christian Palestinian Aramaic (CPA) is often associated to Syriac, from which it inherits its writing; as a result, most printed editions use a Syriac font. But in reality, CPA uses a specific writing... Read More