Apologetics in the Roman Empire : pagans, Jews, and Christians

INTRODUCTION: APOLOGETICS IN THE ROMAN WORLD THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AS AN APOLOGETIC TEXT JOSEPHUS' TREATISE AGAINST APION TALKING AT TRYPHO: CHRISTIAN APOLOGETIC AS ANTI-JUDAISM IN JUSTIN'S DIALOGUE WITH TRYPHO THE JEW GREEK APOLOGISTS OF THE SECOND CENTURY LATIN CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS: MINUCIUS FELIX, TERTULLIAN, AND CYPRIAN ORIGEN'S TREATISE AGAINST CELSUS DEFENDING HELLENISM: PHILOSTRATUS, IN HONOUR OF APOLLONIUS THE FLOWERING OF LATIN APOLOGETIC: LACTANTIUS AND ARNOBIUS EUSEBIUS' APOLOGETIC WRITINGS THE CONSTANTINE CIRCLE AND THE ORATION TO THE SAINTS