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Holocaust survivor, as a child remained hidden in France while his parents perished at Auschwitz. Professor at the Ecole pratique des hautes etudes, from 1969. As a historian, specialized in the history of Ancient Greece, as well as in issues of contemporary French history and politics. Was fascinated by the figure of Flavius Josephus and the events surrounding the Jewish War. | Holocaust survivor, as a child remained hidden in France while his parents perished at Auschwitz. Professor at the Ecole pratique des hautes etudes, from 1969. As a historian, specialized in the history of Ancient Greece, as well as in issues of contemporary French history and politics. Was fascinated by the figure of Flavius Josephus and the events surrounding the Jewish War. | ||
==Works== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
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Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930-2006) is a Jewish-French scholar.
Biography
Holocaust survivor, as a child remained hidden in France while his parents perished at Auschwitz. Professor at the Ecole pratique des hautes etudes, from 1969. As a historian, specialized in the history of Ancient Greece, as well as in issues of contemporary French history and politics. Was fascinated by the figure of Flavius Josephus and the events surrounding the Jewish War.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Flavius Josèphe; ou, Du bon usage de la trahison (Paris 1977)
- Juifs: la mémoire et le présent, 3 vols. (Paris 1981-95)