Arguments Against the Christians is a literary critique of Christianity. Its incisive remarks extend to key figures, philosophies, and dogmas. The divinity of Jesus is questioned, as is the truthfulness of the apostles and the Christian concept of God on a larger scale. It rejects the gospels as the work of frauds who attributed their own writings to late disciples of Jesus.
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Thomas Taylor. Arguments Against the Christians: Celsus, Porphyry and the Emperor Julian
Arguments Against the Christians: Celsus, Porphyry and the Emperor Julian
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE ARGUMENTS OF CELSUS AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS
EXTRACTS FROM, AND INFORMATION RELATIVE TO, THE TREATISE OF PORPHYRY
A FRAGMENT OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH BOOK OF DIODORUS SICULUS
FROM MANETHO RESPECTING THE ISRAELITES
EXTRACTS FROM THE FIFTH BOOK OF TACITUS RESPECTING THE JEWS
EXTRACTS FROM THE WORKS OF THE EMPEROR JULIAN RELATIVE TO THE CHRISTIANS
APPENDIX
EXTRACTS FROM BINGHAM'S ANTIQUITIES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH1
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Diodorus of Sicily, Flavius Josephus, Tacitus, Celsus, Emperor Julian, Porphyry, Thomas Taylor
A Critique of Christianity in Roman Era
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