Rémi Gounelle


Rémi Gounelle is a French protestant theologian, a professor of history of early Christianity at the and dean of that same faculty since 2010.

Biography

Rémi Gounelle holds a doctorate from the École pratique des hautes études, section of Religious Sciences, and a doctorate in theology from the Lausanne University. He was awarded the Prix Paul Chapuis-Secretan. He is the nephew of, Protestant theologian and professor emeritus at the. He is also related to pastor and Michel Hollard, a member of the French resistance.
Rémi Gounelle is holder of an habilitation. In 2003–2004, he was a lecturer in the Faculty of Theology of the University of Neuchâtel and scientific collaborator of the Romand Institute of Biblical Studies.

Research topics

Rémi Gounelle's research interests include the Acts of Pilatius and the "cycle of Pilate", the Latin narratives of Christ's descent into hell, the formation of the canonical Scriptures and the statutes of the Biblical apocrypha, as well as the homilies by Eusebius of Alexandria and the Syrian-Palestinian literature of the fourth and fifth centuries, among others Cyril of Jerusalem and Eusebius of Emesa.

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