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Aspects of Early Christian-Jewish Polemic and Apologetic

1985; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 31; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0028688500013928

1469-8145

Graham Stanton,

Archaeology and Historical Studies

Writing about 177 AD Celsus claimed that Christians and Jews quarrel with one another very foolishly. ‘Their wrangle with one another about Christ is no different from that called in the proverb a fight about the shadow of an ass.’ Celsus continues: ‘There is nothing worthy of attention in the dispute of Jews and Christians with one another.’