Synopsis

CELSUS, a Greek philosopher who in the second century (about 178) wrote a book against the Christians, to which Origen replied with his Contra Celsum. Nothing is known either of the book or of the author, except what can be gathered from Origen's reply.

"CELSUS," Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology, 3rd edn., Vol. 1. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1894. p.426.

Primary Sources

	Celsus' view of Christians and Christianity.
	Henry Chadwick, Origen: Contra Celsum. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Pbk. ISBN: 0521295769. {Amazon.com}
	R. Joseph Hoffman, translator. Celsus: On The True Doctrine: A Discourse Against the Christians. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Pbk. ISBN: 0195041518. pp.160. {CBD} {Amazon.com}

Secondary Sources

	C. Andresen, Logos and Nomos. Berlin: de Groyter, 1955.
	Silke-Petra Bergijan, "Celsus the Epicurean? The Interpretation of an Argument in Origen, Contra Celsum," Harvard Theological Review 94.2 (2001): 181-206.
	Celsus, the First Nietzsche: Resentment and the Case Against Christianity (Thomas F. Bertonneau)
	G. T. Burke, "Walter Bauer and Celsus: The shape of Late Second Century Christianity," The Second Century, 4 (1984): 1-7.
	Henry Chadwick, "Origen, Celsus and the Resurrection of the Body," Harvard Theological Review 41 (1948): 83-102.
	John Alfred Faulkner, “The First Intellectual Attack on Christianity,” Review & Expositor 15.2 (April 1918): 134-141. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Johannes Quasten, Patrology. Vol. 2. Utrecht / Westminster: Spectrum / Christian Classics, 1953. Pbk. ISBN: 0870610856. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
	Celsus the Platonist (William Turner)
	Gerard Watson, "Celsus and the Philosophical Opposition to Christianity," Irish Theological Quarterly 58.3 (1992): 165-179.
	Robert L. Wilken, The Christians as the Romans Saw Them. New Haven & London: Yale: University Press, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 0300036272. pp.94-125. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
	Edward J. Young, "Biblical Criticism in the Second Century" (Pd.D. diss., The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1943). pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Edward J. Young, "Celsus and the Old Testament," Westminster Theological Journal 6.2 (May 1944): 166-197. pdf [Reproduced by kind permission of the copyright holder]

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