Dialogue With Trypho (Selections from the Fathers of the Church) (Hardcover)

by Justin (Author), Michael Slusser (Editor), Thomas B. Falls (Translator), Thomas P. Halton (Introduction) "Early one morning as I was walking along the colonnades of the gymnasium, a man, accompanied by some friends, came up to me and said,..." (more)
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Outside the New Testament, our earliest complete witness to Christian apologetic against the Jews remains the "Dialogue with Trypho", written by Justin Martyr (circa 165), a convert to Christianity from traditional Greek religion. The "Dialogue" purports to be a two-day dialogue that took place in Asia Minor between Justin and Trypho, a Hellenized Jew. Justin argues extensively on the basis of lengthy Old Testament quotations that Christ is the Messiah and God incarnate, and that the Christian community is the new Israel. In the beginning of the work Justin recounts how he converted to Christianity. The "Dialogue" remains of great, and varying, interest. It has important information on the development of Jewish-Christian relations, on the development of the text of the New Testament, and on the existence and character of the early Jewish Christian community. Justin's story of how he became a Christian is one of our early conversion accounts. The "Dialogue" is a useful textbook for classes investigating the development of religion in Late Antiquity since it touches on many aspects of religion in the Roman Empire. This edition of the "Dialogue with Trypho" is a revision of Thomas B. Fall's translation, which appeared in "Fathers of the Church", volume 6. Thomas P. Halton has amended the translation in light of the 1997 critical edition by Miroslav Marcovich, and has provided extensive annotation to recent scholarship on the "Dialogue". Michael Slusser has edited the volume to bring it into conformity with the new selection from the "Fathers of the Church" series.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press; Revised edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081321341X
• ISBN-13: 978-0813213415
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dialogue with Trypho, February 17, 2008

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This review is from: Dialogue With Trypho (Selections from the Fathers of the Church) (Paperback)

I purchased this book for a Christology class I am taking at the graduate level. This version comes in hard cover and soft cover. Mine has a soft cover and is holding up very well. This version is probably the best one. A classmate has the same book by another publisher; it has numbers for the footnotes, but the footnotes are not there!! What a drag. I would recommend this one. It was delivered in the time frame promised, too. Reading the introduction will make it easier to jump into the dialogue.