Professor Lewis Ayres l.o.ayres@durham.ac.uk
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Professor Lewis Ayres l.o.ayres@durham.ac.uk
Professor
James Carleton Paget
Editor
Simon Gathercole
Editor
This essay considers the implied self-portrait of the Christian scholar that Origen offers in his response to Celsus. That self-portrait both shows the Christian scholar to be one whose panoply of skills should be recognized as the equal of the non-Christian scholar, and yet also the Christian scholar claims a place within a community of those – including the martyrs – who can only but seem irrational and quintessentially unscholarly to Celsus.
Ayres, L. (2021). Of Scholarship, Piety, and Community: Origen's Purpose(s) in Contra Celsum. In J. Carleton Paget, & S. Gathercole (Eds.), Celsus in His World: Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century (36-68). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108957861.003
Online Publication Date | Nov 18, 2021 |
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Publication Date | 2021-11 |
Deposit Date | Oct 15, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 15, 2021 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 36-68 |
Book Title | Celsus in His World: Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108957861.003 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1652788 |
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