Program
Department of Biblical and Archaeological Studies

Degree Offered
PhD in Sciences Bibliques

Middle East Languages
Arabic/Hebrew
Akkadian
Aramaic
Coptic
Greek
Syriac
Ugaritic
Egyptian

Courses
Archaeology
Introduction to Archaeology
Archaeology Lectures
Topography of Jerusalem
Field Trips, Excavation
Geology of Palestine
Seminar of Archaeology

Intertestament Studies
Qumran
Flavius Josephus
Rabbinism
Josephus

New Testament Studies
Methodology of Literary Criticism
Exegesis
Gospels, lectures and seminar
Acts of the Apostles
Paul, lectures and seminar
Rhetoric in the Bible

Old Testament Studies
Exegesis
History
Mesopotamian History and Literature
Egyptian Civilization
Pentateuque
Historical Books
Prophets
Wisdom Literature
Hermeneutics

Faculty

M. E. Boismard (New Testament)
L. Devillers (New Testament)
P. Garuti (rhetoric)
J.M. Poffet (NT/Hermeneutics)
F. Gonçalves (Old Testament)
J. B. Humbert (archaeology)
P. Lefebvre (the LXX)
J. Loza (Old Testament)
K. Modras (Egyptian, Arabic, Coptic
J. E. Nodet (rabbinisme and Flavius Josephus)
J. Murphy O'Connor (exegesis of the New Testament and topography)
J.M. Poffet (New Testament and Hermeneutics)
E. Puech (Qumran and epigraphy)
C. Rico (hellenism and Greek)
M. Sigrist (Assyriology)
J. M. de Tarragon (Ugaritic)
J. Taylor (New Testament)

Degree Requirements
The School delivers a diploma of "Elève titulaire" and "Elève diplômé" after 1 or 2 years of study in the School and submission of a "Mémoire," large research paper. The School delivers the Doctorat in Biblical Sciences. The students must have the licenciate from the Biblicum in Rome or from the Commission Biblique

Chair/Director
J.M. Poffet

Scholarships/Graduate Support
Two scholarships from the Academie of the "Inscriptions et Belles Lettres"
one scholarship from the faculty of Theology of Strasbourg
one scholarship from the St Stephen Priory (for Dominicans)
one scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
one scholarship from the "Chervaliers de S. Jaun"

Special Features
Association with the Biblical Institute (Rome), with both faculties of the Theology of Strasbourg (France) and the Department of Archaeology at the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne). Through its huge library and the easy availability of the professors, the Ecole is an excellent place for studies in the field of Bible and Ancient Near East in general

Inquiries
Director
Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
PO Box 19053
Jerusalem 91190
Israel
02-972 2 627-2722 (Director)
02-972-2-626-4468 (School)
ebaf@ebaf.edu
ebaf.op.org
www.op.org/op/ebaf/index-eng.htm