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 follows the ASOR meeting, which I will also attend. These two meetings combine complementary disciplines: Bible and Ancient Near East!

More information on the SBL website.

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 Oriental Research) include several American research centers in the Middle East, notably the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR), where I spent much time during my two years in Jerusalem.

More information (including the meeting’s program) on the ASOR website.

I will attend the SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) International Meeting, which will take place on July 4-7, 2011 at the famous King’s College, London.

I will speak in a session entitled “Working with Biblical Manuscripts” with a paper on “Working with Biblical Manuscripts: Joshua 10 at Qumran.” I will show how a new decipherment of the oldest fragments of the Book Joshua sheds light on the history of this fabulous text. See you in London!

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 the beginning of the common era).

My paper will address the question of a possible Second Temple origin for the critique of power in the targumim. If you’re interested, the conference will take place in Strasbourg on June 27-28, 2011.

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The third part of the conference on “Law and Justice in the Ancient Near East” organized by the School of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (ELCOA) takes place on May 30-31, 2011 at the Catholic Institute of Paris.

This year’s focus is on socio-historical, ideological and ethical questions, with a varied program:
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