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Celsus in his World
Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century
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Celsus in his World
Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century
About this book
Celsus penned the earliest known detailed attack upon Christianity. While his identity is disputed and his anti-Christian treatise, entitled the True Word, has been exclusively transmitted through the hands of the great Christian scholar Origen, he remains an intriguing figure. In this interdisciplinary volume, which brings together ancient philosophers, specialists in Greek literature, and historians of early Christianity and of ancient Judaism, Celsus is situated within the cultural, philosophical, religious and political world from which he emerged. While his work is ostensibly an attack upon Christianity, it is also the defence of a world in which Celsus passionately believed. It is the unique contribution of this volume to give voice to the many dimensions of that world in a way that will engage a variety of scholars interested in late antiquity and the histories of Christianity, Judaism and Greek thought.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Of Scholarship, Piety and Community: Origen's Purpose(s) in Contra Celsum
- Apologetic and Internal Christian Argument in the Contra Celsum: A Response
- 2 Annotations on the Literary Structure of Celsus' Alethes Logos: with special reference to the Second Speech of the Jew
- The Problem of the Structure of Celsus' Alethes Logos: A Response
- 3 Celsus As Platonist Philosopher
- 4 Celsus' Theology: Ineffable Logos and Impersonal Providence
- 5 Origen's Celsus and Imperial Greek Religiosity
- Celsus on Texts and Practices of Ritual Power: A Response
- 6 Celsus, or Philosophy and the Second Sophistic
- Shaping the Religious Debate from within Second Sophistic Culture: A Response
- 7 Homer in Origen, Against Celsus
- Homer in the Polemics between Celsus and Origen: A Response
- 8 The Gospel according to Celsus: Celsus' Representation of Christianity
- Celsus on Christianity - A Detractor with a Constructive Agenda: A Response
- 9 The Reception of the Alethes Logos
- Literary Influence and Polemical Tradition: A Response
- 10 Celsus' Judaism
- Celsus' Judaism As Celsus' Christian Construct? A Response
- 11 The Multiple Personalities of Celsus' Jew
- The Distinctiveness of Celsus' Jew: A Response
- 12 Afterword
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index