Occupation Historian | Spouse(s) Ann Bowden | |
Born 8 November 1924 Paris Died 12 August 2002, Étretat, France Books The Formation of the Gospel According to Mark | ||
Étienne Trocmé (8 November 1924 – 12 August 2002) is a French historian of the birth of Christianity. A New Testament and Christianity of the 1st century scholar, Trocmé is the author of Jésus de Nazareth (1972) and Enfance du christianisme (1997).
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Biography
After he was a student at the École Nationale des Chartes (1946) and the École pratique des hautes études, Etienne Trocmé studied literature and theology from 1947 to 1950, then in 1950 passed his State doctorate (1960) He also spent one year at the University of California, Los Angeles (1946-1947) and another one at the University of Basel (1950–1951), where he familiarized with the German language and followed lessons by Karl Barth.
Distinctions
His biographer Christian Wolff mentions he did not wear his decorations.
Publications
Étienne Trocmé wrote more than 200 articles and books translated into several languages.