Marcel Simon (10 April 1907 in Husseren-Wesserling – 26 October 1986 in

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) was a French specialist in the history of religions, particularly relations between

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and

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in antiquity. Simon received an

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by the Faculty of Theology at

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in 1980. His major work, ''Verus Israel'', was published in 1948; it has been described as 'seminal'. Listening to Trypho: Justin Martyr's Dialogue Reconsidered
/ref> He was closely associated with Henri Marrou, appreciating his layman's approach to

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Marcel Simon (1907-1986)
1907 births 1986 deaths École Normale Supérieure alumni 20th-century French historians French male non-fiction writers People from Haut-Rhin 20th-century French male writers {{France-historian-stub