Qumran: Uncovering the Dead Sea Scrolls. Exhibition at the National Library of France

Posted on Friday February 19th, 2010Wednesday October 12th, 2016 by Michael Langlois

For the first time in its history, the National Library of France will host an exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls! This unprecedented event will take place on April 13 – July 11, 2010, and has been ... Read More

Advanced Hebrew at Unistra

Posted on Monday January 25th, 2010 by Michael Langlois

Spring semester has begun at the University of Strasbourg! Beginning tomorrow (January 26, 2010), I’m teaching an Advanced Hebrew class designed for students already familiar with Biblical Hebre... 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

An Old Testament Christology? Edition and Translation of an Anonymous Ethiopic Homily

Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 by Michael Langlois

I’ve had the pleasure to be second reader of a Master’s thesis in Ancient Near Eastern Philology and History entitled “An Old Testament Christology? Edition and Translation of an Ano... Read More

The Nomenclature of Clothes and Textiles in the Texts of Mari, by Jean-Marie Durand

Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009Wednesday January 4th, 2023 by Michael Langlois

Jean-Marie Durand, Professor at the College of France (Assyriology chair), has just published a volume on clothes and textiles in the akkadian texts of Mari. This work is part of the Paris Babylonian ... Read More