Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction to This Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
Dialogue with Trypho
Justin meets Trypho
How Justin found philosophy
Justin offers to defend Christian belief
A new covenant, not a new God
Jewish ritual laws as a remedy for idolatry
A Christian interpretation of ritual laws
The Messiah: already here or still to come?
Divisions among Christians
The divinity of the Messiah
Scriptural types of Jesus
Those who live by the Law of Moses
The Messiah must be Jesus
The unity of God and the divinity of Christ
The virginal birth
Corrections to the text of Scripture
[The Second Day’s Discussion]
More on the birth of Jesus
Millennium at the end of the world
Interpreting Scripture about Christ
The problem of the crucifixion
How Christians read Psalm 22
The sign of Jonah
Reprise of points from the first day
Jesus as high priest
The Gentiles as God’s new people
The names of Christ in Scripture
The unity of God and the divinity of Christ: reprise
The election of the Jews and Gentiles
A final appeal
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
General Index
Index of Holy Scripture