Meddling with the Gospel: Celsus, Early Christian Textuality, and the Politics of Reading

The second-century philosopher Celsus disparaged Christians who “alter the original text of the Gospel three or four or many times” (Cels. 2.27). Scholars have understood this passage as a critique of multiple distinct Gospels, but Celsus’ invective is better explained by comparison with elite secon...

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Main Author: Coogan, Jeremiah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2023, Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 400-422
Further subjects:B Origen of Alexandria
B Textual Criticism
B Celsus
B Galen of Pergamum
B Theodotus the Cobbler
B Marcion of Sinope
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