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163. (VII.58, 2-25) If Christians might indicate the command to love your enemy as well, then, says Celsus, that is a doctrine derived from Plato (Crito, 49 BC): [Ἔστιν αὐτοῖς καὶ τοιόνδε παράγγελμα, τὸν ὑβρίζοντα μὴ ἀμύνεσθαι· κἂν τύπτῃ, φησί, τὴν ἑτέραν γνάθον, σὺ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην πάρεχε. Ἀρχαῖον ...

125. (V.34, 14-16) Celsus on angels amid the Jews: [Ὁ δ’ Ἄμμων οὐδέν τι κακίων διαπρεσβεῦσαι τὰ δαιμόνια ἢ οἱ Ἰουδαίων ἄγγελοι·] Cf V.36, 15/16: οὐ κακίονα ἔφησεν εἶναι τὸν Ἄμμωνα πρὸς τὸ διαπρεσβεῦσαι τὰ δαιμόνια ἢ οἱ Ἰουδαίων ἄγγελοι. Tr. [Ammon is not any less competent at reporting the things of...

73. (II.48, 4-7) There is another possible answer to the question of test. 72: Καὶ νῦν δέ φησιν οἱονεὶ ἡμᾶς ἀποκρίνασθαι ὅτι [διὰ τοῦτ’ ἐνομίσαμεν αὐτὸν εἶναι υἱὸν θεοῦ, ἐπεὶ χωλοὺς καὶ τυφλοὺς ἐθεράπευσε.] Προστίθησι δὲ καὶ τό· [Ὡς ὑμεῖς φατε, ἀνίστη νεκρούς. l. 3 add Gl Ba Ch (a possible, but not ...

APPENDIX CELSUS’S TESTIMONIALS from The Sources of Celsus’s Criticism of Jesus: Theological Developments in the Second Century AD" is a scholarly work by Egge Tijsseling, published in 2022 as part of the Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology series (Volume 108) p. 251 - 336. Quoted ...

"And anyone who wishes, let him read the two books of Flavius Josephus concerning the antiquities of the Jews, so that he may understand how Moses was older than those who, over long periods of time, spoke of floods and conflagrations occurring in the world. Of these, Celsus says that the Jews ...

"A Jew?"

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2.76 Celsus, in personifying the Jew, did not find it fitting to attribute such things to him in his argument. (Οὐχ εὗρε δ' ὁ Κέλσος προσωποποιῶν τὸν Ἰουδαῖον τοιαῦτα αὐτῷ περιθεῖναι ἐν τῷ λόγῳ,) Such as would not be brought forward to him from the legal and prophetic scriptures. (ὁποῖα οὐκ ἂν αὐτῷ...

an example of a "Chrestos" reference? Ἐπεὶ δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ τὸ προφήταις χρῆσθαι Χριστιανοὺς προκηρύξασι τὰ περὶ Ἰησοῦ ὀνειδίζει ὁ παρὰ τῷ Κέλσῳ Ἰουδαῖος and before that: But even if, as Celsus claims, nothing painful or distressing happened to Jesus at that time, how could those who came...

Or maybe the Jews name was Celsus.

And another thing. Origen not mentioning the same of Celsus's Jew seems deliberate. There must have been a name. Was it Philo? Why not give the name? You could say Celsus forged the text in the name of so and so. He doesn't. There's a reason for the omission. Celsus mentions a name, Origen deliberat...