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Of Scholarship, Piety and Community : Origen’s Purpose(s) in Contra Celsum
Ayres, Lewis Odell
Ayres, Lewis Odell
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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.
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scholarship, Scripture, martyrdom, piety, Celsus, Origen, religion
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2021
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Book chapter
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Celsus in his World : Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century
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36
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Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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