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
The latest special issue of Science & Life Magazine (131, August 2012) seeks the Origins of God. In her article on “The Bible in Light of Archaeology,” journalist Marielle Mayo interviews me o...Read More
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
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
After years of silence, Semitica is back! Semitica was created in 1948 by the Intitute of Semitic Studies of the University of Paris, with a board including R. Blachère, A. Dupont-Sommer, Ch. F. Jean...Read More
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 impac...Read More
Due to the success of the “Bible Facing Archaeology” conference in Orleans, a new conference is in order. The large hall will welcome both those who could not come in the first time, and t...Read More
A journalist from regional newspaper “La République du Centre” wrote an original paper on the “Bible Facing Archaeology” conference I gave in Orleans last week. I warmly thank...Read More
The invention of writing profoundly changed mankind’s relation to the divine. It enabled religions to develop and adopt sacred Scriptures, with a varied status in different places or eras. This ...Read More