Presentation

Born on 10 April 1938 in Mareuil-sur-Belle (Dordogne).

Education and professional career

  • 1973-1976 : CNRS research associate, philosophy and history of science section
  • 1975 : CNRS Bronze Medal
  • 1976-1991 : Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Religious Studies Section
  • 1984-1991 : Director, Centre d'études des religions du livre (CNRS, URA 152)
  • 1991-2008 : Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the History of Syncretisms in Late Antiquity chair
  • 1991 : Director of the Institute for the History of Eastern Christianity at the Collège de France

Selected bibliography