Gilbert Dahan is a French historian of religions, director of research at the

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and at the École pratique des hautes études. He is notably a recognized medievalist. His work has renewed studies on the

exegesis Exegesis ( ; from the Ancient Greek, Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation (logic), interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Bible, Biblical works. In modern usage, ...

of the Bible in the Christian West during the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

. He is also a specialist of 's work.

Selected publications

*1990: ''Les Intellectuels chrétiens et les Juifs au Moyen Âge'', Éditions du Cerf, 648 p. *1991: ''La polémique chrétienne contre le judaïsme au Moyen Âge'', Albin Michel, 148 p. *1998: ''La rhétorique d'Aristote: traditions et commentaires de l'Antiquité aux XIIe siècle'' (under the direction of G. Dahan and I. Rosier-Catach), Vrin, 360 p. *1999: ''L’Exégèse chrétienne de la Bible en Occident médiéval, XIIe–XIVe siècles'', Cerf, 490 p. * ''Le brûlement du Talmud à Paris 1242 - 1244'' (under the direction of Gilbert Dahan), Cerf, Paris, *2000: ''Les Mages et les bergers (en collaboration),'' Cerf 128 p. *2001: ''L'Occident médiéval, lecteur de l'Écriture'', Cerf, 100 p. *2004: ''L'Expulsion des Juifs de France (1394) - under the direction of Gilbert Dahan,'' Cerf, 272 p. *2009: ''Lire la Bible au Moyen Âge - Essais d'herméneutique médiévale'', Droz, Geneva 448 p. *2012 ''L’Épître de Jacques dans sa tradition d'exégèse'', Cerf, 162 p.

References

Recension de l'ouvrage ''Les Intellectuels chrétiens et les Juifs au Moyen Âge''
by Dominique Poirel on the site Persée
« L'exégèse monastique au Moyen Âge »
lecture by Gilbert Dahan at the Institut Rachi, 2011
« Exégèses juive et chrétienne au Moyen Âge »
lecture by Gilbert Dahan on the sit
Akadem
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Selected publications

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