The sources of Celsus's criticism of Jesus: Theological developments in the second century A.D. /
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Leuven :
Peeters,
[2022]
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| Series: | Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Foreword
- 2. Methodology
- 3. Status Quaestionis
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. position of Origen
- 3.3. Date and place of emergence of 'Aληθησ Aoγoσ
- 3.4. Context
- 3.5. philosophical ideas of Celsus
- 3.6. Is Celsus's Jew literary or real?
- 3.7. What has been written about the sources of Celsus?
- 3.8. Contra Celsum and the rest of Origen's work
- 3.9. Celsus and Jesus
- 3.10. position of Celsus
- 3.11. question regarding the sources of Celsus
- 4. Putting Celsus in context. The influence of Plato on Celsus's work
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Celsus's image of God
- 4.3. Demiurge
- 4.4. Anthropomorphism
- 4.5. Immortality
- 4.6. Sensory perceptibility
- 4.7. place where God lives
- 4.8. God's uniqueness
- 4.9. God is the cause
- 4.10. creation, and then?
- 4.11. Honoring God
- 4.12. Is God in need of honor?
- 4.13. soul
- 4.14. cosmos
- 4.15. Evil
- 4.16. Plato's highest Good
- 4.17. Ethics
- 4.18. Statements
- 4.19. Conclusion
- 5. Discussion of the testimonials
- 5.1. Jesus's parentage and birth
- 5.1.1. Introduction
- 5.1.2. God's role in the conception of Jesus
- 5.1.3. Panthera
- 5.1.4. Jesus's mother
- 5.1.5. Mary's husband/fiance
- 5.1.6. Genealogies
- 5.1.7. Jesus's birth place
- 5.1.8. arrival of the Chaldeans
- 5.1.9. infanticide
- 5.1.10. flight into Egypt
- 5.1.11. star
- 5.1.12. Conclusion
- 5.2. baptism
- 5.2.1. Introduction
- 5.2.2. order of events. The historicity of the baptism
- 5.2.3. most relevant clause about Jesus's baptism
- 5.2.4. bird
- 5.2.5. voice
- 5.2.6. Celsus's criticism
- 5.2.7. Conclusion
- 5.3. Jesus as a magician
- 5.3.1. Introduction
- 5.3.2. Egypt
- 5.3.3. Knowledge acquired in Egypt
- 5.3.4. notion γoησ
- 5.3.5. notion γoητεια
- 5.3.6. notions μαγoσ and μαγεια
- 5.3.7. notion δυναμισ
- 5.3.8. miracles of Jesus
- 5.3.9. Miracles to legitimize Jesus
- 5.3.10. source of the accusation of sorcery
- 5.3.11. Conclusion
- 5.4. Jesus's teaching
- 5.4.1. Introduction
- 5.4.2. Jesus opposed to Moses
- 5.4.3. teaching of Jesus regarding wealth; the camel and the needle
- 5.4.4. teaching of Jesus plagiarized from Plato
- 5.4.5. Jesus's teaching on power
- 5.4.6. teaching of Jesus on the attitude towards enemies
- 5.4.7. statement of Jesus about man as a Son of God
- 5.4.8. Jesus's statement on serving several masters
- 5.4.9. Jesus sent for sinners
- 5.4.10. Jesus as "the teacher"?
- 5.4.11. purpose of Jesus's teaching
- 5.4.12. ways of Jesus's teaching
- 5.4.13. effect of Jesus's teaching
- 5.4.14. Conclusion
- 5.5. Jesus and his disciples
- 5.5.1. Introduction
- 5.5.2. Designation of the circle
- 5.5.3. recruitment of the disciples
- 5.5.4. professions of the disciples
- 5.5.5. characterization of the disciples
- 5.5.6. number of the disciples
- 5.5.7. Celsus's designation of the disciples
- 5.5.8. Women in the circle
- 5.5.9. Jesus's interaction with his disciples
- 5.5.10. Conclusion
- 5.6. Jesus and the Jewish law
- 5.6.1. Introduction
- 5.6.2. Jesus leader of a rebellion
- 5.6.3. end of the rebellion
- 5.6.4. Jesus sent to the Jews
- 5.6.5. Jewish expectations of the Messiah
- 5.6.6. relative novelty of Jesus's words
- 5.6.7. Conclusion
- 5.7. Jesus and the prophecies
- 5.7.1. Introduction
- 5.7.2. Contents of the prophecies
- 5.7.3. Bad prophecies
- 5.7.4. prophets
- 5.7.5. Applying the prophecies to Jesus
- 5.7.6. Conclusion
- 5.8. Jesus's appearance and character
- 5.8.1. Introduction
- 5.8.2. arrival of Jesus
- 5.8.3. body of Jesus
- 5.8.4. Jesus's eating habits do not accord with God
- 5.8.5. voice of Jesus
- 5.8.6. Jesus's persuasiveness
- 5.8.7. Jesus's μεγεθo&sigm,; (size)
- 5.8.8. Jesus's καλλoσ (beauty)
- 5.8.9. Jesus's cowardice
- 5.8.10. Jesus's lack of noble deeds
- 5.8.11. Jesus's lack of self-control
- 5.8.12. Jesus's jealousy
- 5.8.13. apotheosis?
- 5.8.14. Conclusion
- 5.9. Jesus's passion, death, and resurrection
- 5.9.1. Introduction
- 5.9.2. Celsus's knowledge of Jesus's punishment and death
- 5.9.3. Celsus's interpretation of passion and death of Jesus
- 5.9.4. reality of Jesus's passion and death
- 5.9.5. Jesus's foreknowledge of the passion
- 5.9.6. Jesus's authority towards his disciples
- 5.9.7. god takes revenge
- 5.9.8. effect of Jesus's passion
- 5.9.9. resurrection
- 5.9.10. Conclusion
- 6. Celsus and Christology
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Jesus as a Spirit from God
- 6.3. Jesus as a daemon
- 6.4. Jesus as an angel
- 6.5. Jesus as the Logos
- 6.6. Jesus as a Son of God
- 6.7. Jesus as God
- 6.8. Conclusion
- 7. Celsus's sources
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. possible origin of the words of the Jew and of the differences
- 7.3. Differences between Celsus and the N.T.
- 7.3.1. Jesus's birth story
- 7.3.2. Egypt and learning magic
- 7.3.3. Differences in the number of the disciples and regarding the way Jesus lived
- 7.3.4. Differences in the report of Jesus's passion
- 7.3.5. Jesus not free from evil
- 7.3.6. Different ideas regarding Jesus's resurrection
- 7.4. Parallels from Toledot Yeshu
- 7.4.1. Parallel ad 7.3.1, from Toledot Yeshu: Jesus's mother an adulteress?
- 7.4.2. Parallel ad 7.3.2, from Toledot Yeshu: Egypt and learning magic
- 7.4.3. Parallel ad 7.3.3, from Toledot Yeshu: The number of the disciples
- 7.4.4. Parallel ad 7.3.4, from Toledot Yeshu: Jesus escaping and fleeing, especially during his passion
- 7.4.5. Parallel ad 7.3.5, from Toledot Yeshu: Jesus not free from evil
- 7.4.6. Parallel ad 7.3.6, from Toledot Yeshu: The resurrection of Jesus
- 7.5. Conclusion about Celsus's sources.