Simon Claude Mimouni (born 26 April 1949,

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) is a French biblical scholar. He published first on Christian legends surrounding the

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(1995, 2003), then worked on fragments of

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associated with the 3rd and 4th century "

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" Christian sects (2006). He is known for his theory of continuity between Jewish

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and the later sects of Nazarenes and

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.The image of the Judaeo-Christians in ancient Jewish and Christian ... - Page 162 Peter J. Tomson, Doris Lambers-Petry - 2003 "2 Recent scholars who take this view include PRITZ; DE BOER; MIMOUNI 1998: chapter 2. MIMOUNI 1998: 86 and n3, makes the important methodological point that the silence of the heresiologists about the Nazarenes is not negative evidence "

Works

* 1995 : ''Dormition et assomption de Marie : Histoire des traditions anciennes'', Beauchesne, coll. « Théologie historique » (98), 716 p. * 1998 : ''Le Judéo-christianisme ancien : Essais historiques'',

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, coll. « Patrimoines », 547 p. * 2003 : ''La Tradition grecque de la Dormition et de l'Assomption de Marie'', avec Sever Juan Voicu,

, coll. « Sagesses chrétiennes », 244 p. * 2004 : ''Les Chrétiens d'origine juive dans l'Antiquité'',

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, coll. « Présences du judaïsme poche » (29), 261 p. * 2006 : ''Le Christianisme des origines à Constantin'', with

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, Presses universitaires de France, series. « Nouvelle Clio », 528 p. * 2006 : ''Les fragments évangéliques judéo-chrétiens apocryphisés : Recherches et perspectives'', J. Gabalda et Cie, coll. « Cahiers de la revue biblique » (66), 93 p. * 2007 : ''La circoncision dans le monde judéen aux époques grecque et romaine : Histoire d'un conflit interne au judaïsme'', Peeters, coll. « Collection de la ''Revue des études juives'' » (42), 388 p. * 2011 : ''Les traditions anciennes sur la Dormition et l’Assomption de Marie. Etudes littéraires, historiques et doctrinales'', Brill, coll. « Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae » 104. * 2012 : ''Early Judaeo-Christianity. Historical Essays'', Peeters, coll. ''Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion'' (13). * 2012 : ''Le judaïsme ancien du VIe siècle avant notre ère au IIIe siècle de notre ère : des prêtres aux rabbins'', Presses universitaires de France, coll. « Nouvelle Clio ».

References

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