I am gathering info for a doctoral thesis. Celsus ridiculed Christians of his time by calling them second-rate Jews. I am aware of Origen’s defense in behalf of Christians, but did any Jewish writer weight in? I am aware that Jewish sources of that era are scarce.
Because Celsus used a lot of print denigrating Jews, and the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmud present aggressive arguments in defense of Judaism, but they don't address Celsus.
Because Celsus used a lot of print denigrating Jews, and the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmud present aggressive arguments in defense of Judaism, but they don't address Celsus.