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
10 - Celsus’ Judaism
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
Starting from the position that Celsus’ Jew is a real Jew and that he is (probably) quoting from a Jewish anti-Christian tract produced in Alexandria in the mid-second century CE, this essay explores the sources of Celsus’ knowledge of Judaism, not only the LXX but non-biblical sources as well, and assesses what Celsus might tell us about the Jewish community in Alexandria after the revolt under Trajan, and its relationship with emerging Christianity in the same city. It questions the standard claim that the Jewish community in Alexandria was obliterated when the Romans suppressed the revolt.
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- Celsus in his WorldPhilosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century, pp. 327 - 359Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021