Of Scholarship, Piety and Community : Origen’s Purpose(s) in Contra Celsum

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Ayres, Lewis Odell. (2021). Of Scholarship, Piety and Community : Origen’s Purpose(s) in Contra Celsum. In In Paget, James Carleton and Gathercole, Simon (Ed.). Celsus in his World : Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century pp. 36 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108957861.003
AuthorsAyres, Lewis Odell
EditorsPaget, James Carleton and Gathercole, Simon
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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.

Keywordsscholarship; Scripture; martyrdom; piety; Celsus; Origen; religion
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Year01 Jan 2021
Book titleCelsus in his World : Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century
PublisherCambridge University Press
Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108957861.003
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