Video: ÉBAF Thursday with Fr Jakub Bluj

On Thursday, March 5, the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem hosted a lecture as part of the “ÉBAF Thursdays” series. Fr Jakub Bluj, […]

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The ÉBAF library is closed

Due to the state of emergency, the EBAF library is closed to non-residents. It will reopen as soon as the security measures are lifted by […]

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Friars continue study and prayer in Jerusalem throughout U.S.-Israel strike on Iran

JERUSALEM — As the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran early Saturday, the Dominican friars of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in […]

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EBAF Thursdays, Putting Theudas in his place: Anachronisms in the interpretation of an ancient anachronism

Yesterday, on Thursday, February 26, we had the pleasure of hearing a lecture by Fr. Anthony Giambrone, O.P., professor of New Testament at the École […]

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Lent 2026: Mass with the imposition of ashes

Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 12 noon, the Dominican community of Saint Stephen’s priory invites you to join them in entering the season of […]

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Thesis defence at the École Biblique: The synagogue space in Luke and the Acts of the Apostles

On Monday, 16 February 2026, the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem hosted the defence of a doctoral thesis in Sacred Scriptures. Fabrizio Marcello, […]

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Video: ÉBAF Thursday with Fr Stéphane Milovitch

Veneration and Liturgies at the Holy Sepulchre: a Bi-polar Basilica On Thursday 22 January 2026, at 6.00 pm, the École biblique et archéologique française de […]

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Video: ÉBAF Thursday with Christophe Rico

We gathered at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem for the first lecture of the year, held on Thursday 15 January 2026 at […]

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The passing of Fr Justin Taylor, SM

Tribute from the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem It is with deep sadness that we learned of the death of Fr Justin Taylor, […]

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Celebrating Christmas in the Holy Land

The friars, students and researchers of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française celebrated the feasts of the Nativity in an atmosphere of recollection, joy, fraternity […]

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This Christmas, support the ÉBAF’s mission in the Holy Land with your gift

Christmas is a time to look back on all that has been accomplished over the past year and to take good resolutions to carry our […]

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Christmas Celebrations 2025 at Saint Stephen’s Basilica

The Dominican community of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem is delighted to welcome you to celebrate the Nativity of the Lord at […]

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Video: ÉBAF Thursdays – 11 December 2025 “The miracle-working rabbis: a process of ‘Hasidisation’ of the Sages?” with Brother Olivier Catel, OP

This past Thursday, December 11, as part of the “ÉBAF Thursdays” series, we heard a presentation on “Miracle-working rabbis: a process of ‘Hasidization’ of the […]

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Brother Pierre de Marolles — Reading the Apocalypse Without Fear

After serving for two years as Prior of the Dominican community in Geneva, Brother Pierre de Marolles has now been assigned to Jerusalem to continue […]

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VIDEO: ÉBAF Thursday, December 4: “Jesus and the Dogs: Echoes of Ugarit in the Gospels?”

We gathered on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem for a lecture in the series […]

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Video : Colloquium at the ICP — Life at the risk of others, a lesson taught by the Bible

On 29 November 2025 at 3:00 p.m., Les Amis de l’ÉBAF and the Institut Catholique de Paris hosted a lecture by Anne-Marie Pelletier on ‘Life […]

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135th anniversary of the École Biblique: a tribute to the legacy of Father Lagrange

On November 15, the feast day of St Albert the Great, patron saint of science, the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem celebrated the […]

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Video: M.-Augustin Tavardon, “From Humanism to Criticism: Erasmus, Beza, and Wettstein”

The École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem invited the public to another “ÉBAF Thursday” on November 20, at 6:00 p.m. The session was led […]

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A new superior for St-Etienne priory in Jerusalem!

At a chapter meeting, the community of Dominican friars elected Brother Stanisław Gurgul, OP, prior of the Priory of St Stephen Protomartyr (St-Étienne) in Jerusalem, […]

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Joint academic encounter of the ÉBAF and the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum

A fruitful exchange between Franciscans and Dominicans in Jerusalem On Saturday, 8 November, in the Old City of Jerusalem, approximately 120 students and professors from […]

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