- Aristo of Pella
Aristo of
Pella, Jordan (mid 2nd century) was aJewish Christian writer, who likeHegesippus represents a school of thought more liberal than that of the Pharisaic andEssene Ebionites .Aristo is cited by Eusebius ["Ecclesiastical History" iv.6.3] for a decree of
Hadrian respecting the Jews, but he is best known as the writer of a "Dialogue" between an Alexandrian Jew named Papiscus, and Jason (who represents the author) on the witness of prophecy toJesus Christ , which was approvingly defended byOrigen against the reproaches ofCelsus ("Contra Celsum", iv.52). His writings were perhaps used byJustin Martyr in his own "Dialogue with Trypho", and probably also byTertullian andCyprian ; only quotations have survived of his writings. [Robert M. Grant, "Second-Century Christianity, A Collection of Fragments" (SPCK, 1946).]Notes
External links
* [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/aristo.html Roberts-Donaldson English Translation of the surviving fragments of Aristo of Pella at EarlyChrisitanWritings.com]
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