Gérald Messadié

Gérald Messadié (* 1931 in Cairo ; † July 5, 2018 in Paris ) was a French historian , science journalist and author of essays and novels .

Act

Messadié came to Paris at the age of 19. After studying Far Eastern languages and history, he traveled extensively around the world.

At the age of 20 he wrote his first novel, which was published by Albert Camus in the former underground newspaper Combat . Numerous non-fiction books followed. His international breakthrough came with his novel A Man Called Jesus , published in 1989 . His portrayal of the history of the Gospels from a historical perspective sparked a wave of books on the life and ministry of Jesus .

Other historical novels followed, some of which also had a religious-historical basis.

Works (selection)

Historical novels

A person named Jesus . Roman (L'homme qui devint dieu). Droemer Knaur , Munich 1989. ISBN 3-426-19256-X .
Matthias and the devil. Roman (Matthias et le diable). Langen Müller Verlag , Munich 1991. ISBN 3-7844-2381-7 .
A man named Saul. Roman (L'incendiaire). Droemer Knaur, Munich 1992. ISBN 3-426-19304-3 .
Alexandria. Roman (La fortune d'Alexandria). Droemer Knaur, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-426-19395-7 .
Moses. Roman (Moïse). Droemer Verlag, Munich 1999.
1. Ruler without a crown . 1999, ISBN 3-426-19492-9 .
2. The legislature . 1999, ISBN 3-426-19493-7 .
Mary Magdalene. The Lord's Beloved. Roman (L'affaire Marie-Madeleine). Droemer Verlag, Munich 2005. ISBN 3-426-19625-5 .
A friend named Judas. Roman (Judas, le bien-aimé). Langen Müller, Munich 2007. ISBN 3-7844-3107-0 .

Non-fiction

Devil, Satan, Lucifer. Universal history of evil (“Histoire générale du diable”). Eichborn Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 1995. ISBN 3-8218-1156-0 .
The story of God. About the origin of religions ("Histoire générale de Dieu"). Propylaea, Berlin 1998. ISBN 3-549-05608-7 .
Persecuted and chosen. The long history of anti-Semitism ("Histoire générale de l'antisémitisme"). Piper, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-492-04253-8 .

Web links

Literature by and about Gérald Messadié in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

^ Maïa Courtois: L'écrivain et biographe Gerald Messadié est mort. In: Livres Hebdo. July 10, 2018, accessed on July 11, 2018 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Messadié, Gérald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French author
DATE OF BIRTH	1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cairo
DATE OF DEATH	5th July 2018
Place of death	Paris

[1] Maïa Courtois: L'écrivain et biographe Gerald Messadié est mort. In: Livres Hebdo. July 10, 2018, accessed on July 11, 2018 (French).