Henry Maurice Goguel (20 March 1880 – 31 March 1955) was Dean of the

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, director of studies at the

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, and professor at the

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. He published a substantial body of work of historical research on early

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. His ''Jesus the Nazarene: Myth or History?'' was an important rebuttal of the

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.Grappe, Christian. (2014). ''Goguel, Maurice''. In Craig A. Evans. ''The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus''. Routledge. pp. 231-232. He had three children,

Elisabeth Labrousse Elisabeth Labrousse (10 January 1914 – 1 February 2000) was a French philosopher, historian, and academic. She became known for her work on Pierre Bayle and the history of French Protestantism. Early life and education Elisabeth Goguel was bor ...

, a philosopher, historian, and academic,

Jean Goguel Jean Goguel (2 January 1908 – 5 January 1987) was a French geologist and geophysicist. He was an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Societies of America, of London, and of Belgium. He played an important leadership role in the International Union ...

a geologist and geophysicist, and François Goguel.

Selected publications

''The Religious Situation in France''
(1921)
''Jesus the Nazarene: Myth or History?''
(translation by Frederick Stephens, 1926) *
The Life of Jesus
' (translation by

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, 1933) *''The Birth of Christianity'' (translation by H. C. Snape, 1953) *''Jesus and the Origins of Christianity'' (two volumes, 1960) *''The Primitive Church'' (translation by H. C. Snape, 1963)

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* 1880 births 1955 deaths 20th-century French historians Critics of the Christ myth theory French male writers French Protestants Historians of Christianity French historians of religion {{christianity-historian-stub