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  • 10 - Celsus’ Judaism

  • Edited by James Carleton Paget, University of Cambridge, Simon Gathercole, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    Celsus in his World
    Published online:
    18 November 2021
    Print publication:
    25 November 2021, pp 327-359

  • Summary

    Starting from the position that Celsus’ Jew is a real Jew and that he is (probably) quoting from a Jewish anti-Christian tract produced in Alexandria in the mid-second century CE, this essay explores the sources of Celsus’ knowledge of Judaism, not only the LXX but non-biblical sources as well, and assesses what Celsus might tell us about the Jewish community in Alexandria after the revolt under Trajan, and its relationship with emerging Christianity in the same city. It questions the standard claim that the Jewish community in Alexandria was obliterated when the Romans suppressed the revolt.