About Marcel Simon
Lived 1907 – 1986 (aged 79). Marcel Simon was a French historian and historian of religion.
Marcel Simon (10 April 1907 in Husseren-Wesserling – 26 October 1986 in Strasbourg) was a French specialist in the history of religions, particularly relations between Christianity and Judaism in antiquity. Simon received an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala University in 1980.
His major work, Verus Israel, was published in 1948; it has been described as 'seminal'.
He was closely associated with Henri Marrou, appreciating his layman's approach to Vatican II.
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Who was Marcel Simon?
French historian (1907-1986)
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Marcel Simon was born on 10 April 1907 in Husseren-Wesserling.
When did Marcel Simon die?
Marcel Simon died on 26 October 1986 in Strasbourg.
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Marcel Simon was a historian and historian of religion.
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Marcel Simon was French.
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