The organization committee of the “Bible, Heritage of Mankind” exhibition, in Orleans on Jan. 14 – Feb. 5, asked me to give a conference on: The Bible Facing Archaeology What do archaeological d...Read More
After a year-long gestation, the new series I submitted to Éditions du Cerf is ready to be born! Sous la plume de biblistes, philologues, épigraphistes et historiens des religions, cette collection ...Read More
Qumran: the most important archaeological discovery of the XXth century. A revolution for the study of the Bible, ancient Judaism, and the birth of Christianity. Intrigued? Come Wednesday, October 12,...Read More
I will be attending the ASOR annual meeting in San Francisco on November 16-19, 2011. This meeting gathers hundreds of Ancient Near Eastern scholars and archaeologists. The ASOR (American Schools of O...Read More
On the occasion of my conference in Seloncourt on the theme “Archaeology and Biblical Origins,” I was interviewed by Alexandre Tirman for Radio Oméga (90.9 FM Belfort-Montbéliard, radioo...Read More
I am going on an epigraphic mission in Switzerland during the second half of July to study a collection of Hebrew ostraca with André Lemaire. An “ostracon” (plural: ostraca) is a pottery ...Read More
On the occasion of my conference in Seloncourt on the theme “Archaeology and Biblical Origins,” I was interviewed by the great regional newspaper Est Républicain in its March 31, 2011 iss...Read More
I have been invited by the “Bible, Heritage of Mankind” exhibition, in Seloncourt, to give a conference on the following theme: Archaeology and Biblical Origins Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at ...Read More
The exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls at the National Library of France has been a huge success: 30000 visitors, unanimous press, book out of print before the exhibition even ended… By the way,...Read More
After Israel, let’s go to Jordan, with another group of students and my colleague Regine Hunziker-Rodewald who prepared a great program from July 12-23, 2010. Among the many archaeological sites...Read More