Michael Langlois

Semitica 54 is out!

Monde sémitique et Bible hébraïque, édité par Michael Langlois sous la direction de Thomas Römer. Paris, Maisonneuve, 2012. 250 p., ISBN 978-2-7200-1164-1.

Here is the table of contents:

Première partie : Documents inédits

• Jean-Marie Durand – avec une note de Michaël Guichard. Noms d’équidés dans les textes de Mari. p. 9-18.
• Michaël Guichard. Relations entre Carkémish et Mari : nouveaux fragments. p. 19-32.
• André Lemaire. Quatre nouveaux ostraca paléo-hébreux. p. 33-49.
• Michael Langlois. Un nouvel ostracon mentionnant la ville biblique de Maqqéda. p. 51-63.
• André Lemaire. Trois nouveaux ostraca araméens d’Idumée. p. 65-70.
• Marie-Jeanne Roche. Deux graffiti thamoudiques dans la région de Bayḍāʾ, Pétra. p. 71-79.
• François Bron. Une nouvelle inscription sabéenne du règne de Laḥayʿathat Yarkham, roi de Sabaʾ et dhū-Raydān. p. 81-89.

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The third episode of “Saga Semitica,” ordered by Jewish magazine Pharm’Aviv, is now published:

From Shem to Abram, ten generations have passed since the Flood. But Sarai, Abram’s wife, is barren. Following an ancient custom, she turns to a surrogate mother and finally gives her husband a son: Ishmael. The lineage of firstborn Semites is saved! Yet, the biblical account comes with a new surprise, a real upheaval that will shatter this tradition. What will happen? Read on in the third episode of “Saga semitica”!

Michael Langlois, “Saga semitica, épisode 3″ in Pharm’aviv 129, septembre 2011, p. 26-28

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: instead of embracing the whole of humanity, it focuses more and more on an ethnic group, a clan, a family, a character. Who? Why such an emphasis? Read on in this new episode of “Saga semitica”!

Michael Langlois, “Saga semitica, épisode 2″ in Pharm’aviv 128, juin 2011, p. 29-31

Jewish magazine Pharm’Aviv asked me to write a paper, entitled “Saga semitica”:

This is not a remix of the famous song by Yannick Noah, “Saga Africa,” whose twentieth birthday is celebrated this year. This is about another saga, much older (plurimillenary!), that puts on stage another Noah—from the Bible. This is the saga of a people and, in a way, of mankind.

Michael Langlois, “Saga semitica” in Pharm’Aviv 127 (03/2011), p. 36-38.

Stéphanie Gallet, who hosts the “Time to tell” live show on RCF Radio, has invited me to talk with other guests about the patriarch Abraham on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 from 9 AM to 11:30 AM. Since the show is live, you will be able to ask questions by calling 04.72.38.20.23. See you on Wednesday!

Update: Here is the show:
RCF Le temps de le dire Abraham