Which Euhemerism will you use? Celsus on the Divine Nature of Jesus

Autor(en)

Nikolaos Roumpekas

Abstrakt

This paper deals with euhemerism as a theory that has been (mis-) treated in various ways by both ancient and modern writers.This theory, formulated by Euhemerus of Messene (late fourth century B.C.E.), maintained that Zeus and the other Soon Euhemerus’ theory was taken to be a declaration of atheism in antiquity and early Christian writers almost immediately seized on this opportunity in order to support their own arguments regarding the non-divine nature of the gods of the came to be known to subsequent periods, including our own, only through this Christian usage. Taking Celsus’ attack on the Christians regarding the divinity of Jesus as a case study, I argue that a close reading of both the survived fragments of Sacred Inscription) and of Origen’s Contra Celsum True Doctrine)

Organisation(en)

Institut für Religionswissenschaft

Journal

Journal of Early Christian History

Band

2

Seiten

80-92

Anzahl der Seiten

14

ISSN

2222-582X

Publikationsdatum

2012

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603908 Religionsgeschichte, 603203 Christliche Philosophie

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/which-euhemerism-will-you-use-celsus-on-the-divine-nature-of-jesus(5c778c7c-f00c-4c65-b0e4-d217dce1b156).html