Dialogue with Trypho

250 Pages·2003·1.2 MB·English

by  Justin Martyr

DialoguewithTrypho
SelectionsfromtheFathersoftheChurch
volume 3
St. Justin Martyr
Dialogue with Trypho
translated by
thomas b. falls
revised and with a new introduction by
thomas p. halton
edited by
michael slusser
TheCatholicUniversityofAmericaPress
Washington,D.C.
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Justin,Martyr,Saint.
[DialoguscumTryphone.English]
DialoguewithTrypho/translatedbyThomasB.Falls;revisedand
withanewintroductionbyThomasP.Halton;editedbyMichael
Slusser.
p. cm.— (SelectionsfromtheFathersofthechurch;v.3)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
1. Christianityandotherreligions—Judaism—Earlyworksto1800.
2.Judaism—Relations—Christianity—Earlyworksto1800.
3.Apologetics—Earlyworksto1800.mm4.Trypho.mmI.Slusser,
Michael,1940–mmII.Title.mmIII.Fathersofthechurch.Selections;
v.3.
br65.J83D53132003
239.2—dc21
isbn0-8132-1341-x(alk.paper)
isbn0-8132-1342-8(pbk.:alk.paper)
2002151620
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
IntroductiontoThisEdition xi
IntroductiontotheFirstEdition xv
dialogue with trypho
1 JustinmeetsTrypho 3
2–8 HowJustinfoundphilosophy 5
9–10 JustinofferstodefendChristianbelief 17
11–18 Anewcovenant,notanewGod 20
19–22 Jewishrituallawsasaremedyforidolatry 31
23–30 AChristianinterpretationofrituallaws 37
31–34 TheMessiah:alreadyhereorstilltocome? 47
35 DivisionsamongChristians 54
36–42 ThedivinityoftheMessiah 56
43–44 ScripturaltypesofJesus 65
45–47 ThosewholivebytheLawofMoses 68
48–54 TheMessiahmustbeJesus 73
55–62 TheunityofGodandthedivinityofChrist 82
vi Contents
63–70 Thevirginalbirth 97
71–74 CorrectionstothetextofScripture 111
74.4 [TheSecondDay’sDiscussion] 116
75–79 MoreonthebirthofJesus 117
80–81 Millenniumattheendoftheworld 125
82–88 InterpretingScriptureaboutChrist 128
89–96 Theproblemofthecrucifixion 139
97–106 HowChristiansreadPsalm22 148
107–9 ThesignofJonah 161
110–14 Repriseofpointsfromthefirstday 164
115–18 Jesusashighpriest 172
119–25 TheGentilesasGod’snewpeople 178
126–27 ThenamesofChristinScripture 189
128–29 TheunityofGodandthedivinity
ofChrist:reprise 193
130–36 TheelectionoftheJewsandGentiles 196
137–41 Afinalappeal 206
142 Conclusion 212
SelectBibliography 213
GeneralIndex 219
IndexofHolyScripture 223
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
It is a pleasure to record gratitude to the Editorial Board of
The Catholic University of America Press for accepting the
present work for publication as volume 3 in the series, Selec-
tionsfromtheFathersoftheChurch,andspecialthankstothe
Director, Dr. David McGonagle, for providing me with an elec-
tronic version of the original translation and much practical
andtechnicaladvice.
I have been especially fortunate in having my colleague,
Prof.MichaelSlusser,serveasaveryhands-oneditorofthisvol-
ume. He saved me from several blunders and has insisted—
suaviter in modo, fortiter in re—on many addenda, mutanda, and
delenda. Not least of his improvements were to re-think and re-
structuretheTableofContentsandtoalertmetoseveralbibli-
ographicalitemsonTrypho’ssideoftheDialogue.
Ihavebeenequallyfortunateinhavingthevigilantassistance
of our Staff Editor, Joel Kalvesmaki, who has coped with my
manyeditorialmoodswingswithpromptness,competence,and
apparenttranquility.Infelicitiesthatremainareinescapablymea
culpa.
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AugR Augustinianum.Rome
EECh EncyclopediaoftheEarlyChurch.2vols.NewYork:
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HThR HarvardTheologicalReview
JBL JournalofBiblicalLiterature
JourRel TheJournalofReligion
JThS JournalofTheologicalStudies
Lampe,PGL APatristicGreekLexicon.Ed.G.W.H.Lampe.
Oxford:TheClarendonPress,1961.
NTS NewTestamentStudies
PG PatrologiaeCursusCompletus:SeriesGraeca.
Ed.J.-P.Migne.Paris,1857–86.161vols.
SP StudiaPatristica.ActsoftheInternational
ConventionsofOxford(TU).Variouspublish-
ers,1957–.
TU TexteundUntersuchungen.Leipzig:J.C.
Hinrichs,1882–1949;Berlin:Akademie-Verlag,
1953–.
VetChr VeteraChristianorum
VigChr VigiliaeChristianae
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