Pagan-Christian Conflict Over Miracle in the Second Century

Abonoteichos Aelius Aristides Alex Alexander Alexander's allegorization ancient Andresen Apol Apuleius Aristides Aristotle Asclepius Asclepius cult ascribed assertion Behr canon Cels Celsus Chris Christ Christian Christian miracle Cicero cited common Contra Celsum deity demons Dial divine reference early Christian Edelstein evident example explanation extraordinary phenomena Glycon gnostics Greco-Roman Greek groups Harnack Harvey healings Hermas Herodotus human ibid interpretation Irenaeus Jesus Jewish Jews Justin logos Lucian magic magicians Marcion Marcionite miracle accounts miracle claims Montanist nature Nock nomos oracle ordinary origins pagan pagan and Christian pagan culture passages persons Philo philosophical physis Plato Platonist Pliny Plotinus Plutarch polemic popular cultic piety prophecy prophets R. M. Grant religion reports resurrection Roman says second century Silius Italicus social and cultural sources superfetation term Tertullian texts thaumaturgy tians tion tradition treatise wonders Zeus γὰρ δὲ ἐν καὶ οὐ τὰ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τοῦ τῶν