Celsus, Toledot Yeshu and Early Traces of Apology for Virginal Birth of Jesus

In this article New Testament passages referring to the birth of Jesus are related to Celsus’ anti-Christian arguments and the Jewish Toledot Yeshu tradition with a new question: Why it was so difficult to speak about the virgin birth of Jesus? It is argued that the concept of the virgin birth of Je...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Antti Laato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Donner Institute 2016-04-01
Series:Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/66569