Fresh Interest in the Latin Bible
12 January 2023
For several years now, biblical scholars have been rediscovering the importance of the Old Latin versions and the Vulgate. “Divine Election in the Latin Bible” Taking advantage of the presence of the Rev. Dr. Kevin Zilverberg, as a visiting professor of the doctoral program, the École’s Directorate organized a very instructive symposium on the 15th […]
Thanks to Sister Marie Reine Fournier, our Bible is Flourishing
12 January 2023
From the garden of Eden to the garden of the Resurrection, passing through the garden of the Song of Songs or Gethsemane, the readers of the Bible in its Traditions will soon be able to admire tens of biblical flowers and trees, thanks to the botanical and symbolic notes that Sister Marie Reine is planting […]
Fr. Olivier Catel, Already a PhD. in Literature, On Writing His PhD in Talmud at Hebrew University, Jerusalem
12 January 2023
What is your current research? O.C: I’m currently a doctoral student in Talmud at the Hebrew University and I am working on fasting in Christian and rabbinic literature of the 3rd century, trying to better define the internal dynamics of each tradition regarding public and private fasts. It is also an opportunity to study biblical and post-biblical […]
The « pépites of the Bible in its Tradition »
11 January 2023
At the request of several friends in Jerusalem, the permanent researchers of our programme are sharing some of their discoveries with the Jerusalem public this year in the form of simple lectures. Once a month, on Wednesday evenings at 8.30 P.M., a “pépite of the Bible in its traditions” comes out of the BEST laboratory. […]
Fr. Jorge Vargas-Corvacho: “Take, read!”
9 January 2023
How can one effectively deal with the biblical text, even in one’s own language, if one is not well equipped with a set of notions and tools for decoding and interpreting it? Who among us has never had the strange sensation of saying, “The only thing I understand about this text is that it is […]
In Haifa: Yahwism under the Achaemenid Empire
6 January 2023
Gad Barnéa, both a developer for our program, and biblical scholar, holding a PhD. from the University of Haifa organized, in December, a very important symposium: By clicking on the program below, you can watch each of the lectures that were given during the conference, which will eventually result in a much anticipated book.
Art and Spirituality: “Parallel” Activities of the Members of the Editorial Committee
3 January 2023
F. Olivier-Thomas Venard spoke in Venice at the International Course of High Culture of the Cini Foundation At the invitation of Professor Carlo Ossola, Collège de France. and in Marseille, he painted the scenography for the surrealistic spectacle: Le Bestiaire Humain (Human Bestiary) The show was created by Michel Pastore, former assistant to Salvador and […]
Our Friends and Collaborators’ New Publications
3 January 2023
Eugen Pentiuc published a very good Oxford Handbook of The Bible in Orthodox Christianity Eugen J. Pentiuc, Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Boston, has published a new book, The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2022). The Oxford Handbook, edited […]
Sorbonne University – Humanities: 35 post-doctoral positions in the humanities
3 January 2023
And they need to be filled before 5 January! These are two-year post-doctoral contracts (between 1 July 2023 and 31 August 2025), for young PhDs hosted in French research laboratories in order to strengthen their research career and then prepare a first application to ERC Starting Grants. This year’s call is open only to humanities […]
