I will be in San Francisco on November 19-22, 2011, for the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting, which gathers every year some of the best Bible scholars. This meeting immediately foll...Read More
“Generations in Unison“: this is the theme of the 2011 Protes’temps forts in Strasbourg. But what does the Bible say about it? Isn’t the Bible the theater—even the source—of a ...Read More
The Hebrew word ḥesed (חֶ֫סֶד) has a profound meaning which modern versions of the Bible can’t grasp. Various translations are used, such as mercy, faithfulness, kindness, favor, loyalty...Read More
The second episode of “Saga semitica,” asked by Jewish magazine Pharm’Aviv, is now published: After Adam, Enoch and Noah, the Genesis saga experiences an unexpected turn of events: inste...Read More
I have been invited to speak at an international conference on the Targums (Aramaic versions of the Hebrew Bible) in the light of ancient Jewish traditions from the Second Temple period (i.e. until th...Read More