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Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho, composed around 155 to 160 CE and presented here in the Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson translation published in the Ante-Nicene Fathers series in 1885, is a primary second century Christian text defending Christianity against Judaism in dialogue form. Its authority as a primary source is direct, being Justin's own argument in his own words, and the Ante-Nicene Fathers translation is a long standard reference edition for early Christian texts in English. It is a Christian apologetic work written from an explicitly Christian standpoint, not a neutral historical account of the Jewish-Christian relationship it stages, and its portrayal of Trypho's own positions should be read as Justin's representation of them rather than an independent Jewish source.

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Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho, composed around 155 to 160 CE and presented in the Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson translation published in the Ante-Nicene Fathers series in 1885, the top tier reflecting a primary second century Christian text, Justin's own argument in his own words, in a long standard reference edition. Its limit is that it is a Christian apologetic work written from an explicitly Christian standpoint, and its portrayal of Trypho's own positions should be read as Justin's representation of them rather than an independent Jewish source.
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Justin Martyr's second century primary dialogue defending Christianity against Judaism, in the Ante-Nicene Fathers series.
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Author
Justin Martyr, translated by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson
Publisher
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, original text circa 155 to 160 CE
Publication Year
1885
Source Type
primary-text
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  • Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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