Book contents
- Celsus in his World
- Celsus in his World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Of Scholarship, Piety and Community
- 2 Annotations on the Literary Structure of Celsus’ Alēthēs Logos
- 3 Celsus As Platonist Philosopher
- 4 Celsus’ Theology
- 5 Origen’s Celsus and Imperial Greek Religiosity
- 6 Celsus, or Philosophy and the Second Sophistic
- 7 Homer in Origen, Against Celsus
- 8 The Gospel according to Celsus
- 9 The Reception of the Alēthēs Logos
- 10 Celsus’ Judaism
- 11 The Multiple Personalities of Celsus’ Jew
- 12 Afterword
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
8 - The Gospel according to Celsus
Celsus’ Representation of Christianity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2021
Book contents
- Celsus in his World
- Celsus in his World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Of Scholarship, Piety and Community
- 2 Annotations on the Literary Structure of Celsus’ Alēthēs Logos
- 3 Celsus As Platonist Philosopher
- 4 Celsus’ Theology
- 5 Origen’s Celsus and Imperial Greek Religiosity
- 6 Celsus, or Philosophy and the Second Sophistic
- 7 Homer in Origen, Against Celsus
- 8 The Gospel according to Celsus
- 9 The Reception of the Alēthēs Logos
- 10 Celsus’ Judaism
- 11 The Multiple Personalities of Celsus’ Jew
- 12 Afterword
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
What did Celsus know about late second-century Christianity and how did he know it? This paper argues that Celsus is a biased but nonetheless valuable independent witness into late second-century Christianity, providing insight into the public perception of Christian groups as a social phenomenon and of the Christian meta-narrative that was seeping into public consciousness.
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- Celsus in his WorldPhilosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century, pp. 254 - 296Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021