Do you want to learn Aramaic? If you’ve studied Hebrew before, this course is for you!
We will study the same biblical text in both Hebrew and its ancient Aramaic version (called Targum), which will enable us to quickly identify corresponding vocabulary and easily learn Aramaic conjugations. (more…)
On the occasion of my mission to Norway, a team from the national broadcasting network, NRK, came to film our work on the new Dead Sea scrolls.
The report was broadcast on the January 14–15 evening and morning news. Watch it here:
Are there differences between the oldest manuscripts of the Bible? Why? How do they impact our understanding of the biblical text?
These questions are the object of Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, a course I teach this semester at the Catholic Institute of Paris. (more…)
Did you know that there are unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls in Norway?
I have been invited by the University of Agder, in Kristiansand to come January 13–18, 2013 and work on these extraordinary Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts.
I can’t tell you anything about their contents, but they should be published soon… Be patient! 
UPDATE: Watch the report on Norwegian national TV!
I am in Chicago for the ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research) 2012 Annual Meeting, which takes place on November 14-17.
This conference gathers historians, archaeologists and epigraphers working on the Ancient Near East.
I will present a new Aramaic inscription in the shape of an amulet! See you Thursday morning at 8:20.
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