POLISH BROTHERS BACK UP THE LIBRARY
The brothers Jan and Michał (left to right), from Holy Trinity Polish Dominican Convent, spent one month in the Convent Saint-Etienne. Every summer, brothers from […]
EXHIBITION: THE IMPRESSIONS OF A 19-YEAR-OLD FRENCH IN JERUSALEM IN 1864
Left: Porte des Lions, Jerusalem, 1865 (photo : EBAF) From 11 to 18 September 2023, we showed 22 photographs from our collection at the Atrium […]
VINCENT LEMIRE: “JERUSALEM IS THE TOUGHEST TRAINING GROUND I’VE EVER BEEN ON”
The relationship between Jerusalem and Vincent Lemire has been going on since 1995, but this summer it took a special turn as his term as […]
HEBRON: NEWS OF THE FRENCH-PALESTINIANS EXCAVATIONS AT RAMAT AL-KHALIL
Our friend Vincent Michel, professor of archaeology at the University of Poitiers, sends us a summary of the excavation campaign at Ramat al-Khalil (Mambré Oak) […]
NO LET-UP FOR THIS YEAR’S MAJOR PROJECT !
As we reported last winter, major works have been taking place throughout the year in the campus’ main student residence. Not everything is finished, but […]
JORDAN: 100,000 SHARDS AND AN ARAMEAN OSTRACON
In the 1989 brochure of the Institut Français d’archéologie du Proche-Orient, the excavations at Khirbet Es-Samra are introduced as follows: “The research programme was carried […]
FR. OLIVIER POQUILLON, OP, NEW DIRECTOR OF THE ECOLE BIBLIQUE
On August 15, 2023, Friar Gerard Timoner, Master of the Order and Grand Chancellor of the École Biblique, appointed Friar Olivier Poquillon, op, Director of […]
HUMAN RESOURCES AS RICH AS THE LIBRARY’S!
Since 1995, Canada has been closely linked to Jerusalem through the creation of the Les Amis Canadiens de l’École Biblique. Initially set up to raise […]