Origin of Writing—Origin of Scriptures

Posted on Monday January 16th, 2012Thursday October 13th, 2016 by Michael Langlois

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

The Bible Facing Archaeology, in Orleans

Posted on Monday January 2nd, 2012Saturday May 25th, 2013 by Michael Langlois

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

Writing the Bible

Posted on Saturday December 3rd, 2011Thursday January 3rd, 2013 by Michael Langlois

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

SBL 2011 in San Francisco

Posted on Thursday October 13th, 2011Monday September 3rd, 2012 by Michael Langlois

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

Bible and Generations: Clash or Unison?

Posted on Saturday September 24th, 2011Monday January 7th, 2019 by Michael Langlois

“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