Jean Réville (6 November 1854 – 6 May 1908) was a French

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born in

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. He was the son of theologian Albert Réville (1826–1906). He studied theology at

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, obtaining his licentiate in theology in

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(1880). He subsequently became a

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, and in 1886 received his doctorate in theology at the

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. In 1894 he was appointed professor of patristics to the theological faculty at the

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. Réville was a prominent figure in French

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. From 1884 until his death, he was editor of the ''Revue de l'Histoire des Religions''.

Works

Among his better known publications are the following: *1881: ''La Doctrine du logos dans le quatrième évangile et dans les œuvres de Philon'' *1886: ''La Religion à Rome sous les Sévères'' *1894: ''Les Origines de l'Épiscopat'' *1896: ''Paroles d'un Libre-Croyant'' *1900: ''Le quatrième Évangile. Son origine et sa valeur historique'' *1903: ''Le Protestantisme libéral, ses origines, sa nature, sa mission'', reprint Théolib Paris 2011 () *1906: ''Le Prophétisme hébreu'' *1907: ''Leçon d'ouverture du cours d'Histoire des Religions professé au Collège de France'' *1908: ''Les origines de l'Eucharistie, Messe, Sainte-Cène'' *1909: ''Les phases successives de l'histoire des religions''

References

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1854 births 1908 deaths Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of the Collège de France Academic staff of the École pratique des hautes études Writers from Rotterdam French Protestant theologians 19th-century Protestant theologians 19th-century French theologians French historians of religion French Calvinist and Reformed theologians French Calvinist and Reformed ministers Academic staff of the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris {{Theologian-stub