| Marcel Simon | |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Husseren-Wesserling, France |
| Death Place: | Strasbourg, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | historian |
| Known For: | history of religions |
| Notable Works: | Verus Israel |
Marcel Simon (10 April 1907 in Husseren-Wesserling – 26 October 1986 in Strasbourg) was a French specialist in the history of religions, particularly relations between Christianity and Judaism in antiquity. Simon received an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala University in 1980.[1]
His major work, Verus Israel, was published in 1948; it has been described as 'seminal'.[2]
He was closely associated with Henri Marrou, appreciating his layman's approach to Vatican II.