The sources of Celsus's criticism of Jesus. Theological developments in the second century AD. By Egge Tijsseling. (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology, 108.) Pp. x + 358. Leuven: Peeters, 2022. €79 (paper). 978 90 429 4677 4

Abstract

erations of scholarship, especially in connection with the field of Christian archaeology. Since we now have a well-established (sub)discipline of late antique archaeology, which tends to have a wider scope in looking at the entire archaeological record of this period, one may well wonder whether ‘Christian archaeology’ has a future, and if so, in what form; some more reflections on this issue beyond the fleeting ones in the introduction would have been in order. Throughout the book, one also notes a certain looseness in the terminology used, such as ‘pagan’/‘paganism’, which is employed throughout without qualification or even quotation marks. None the less, due to its vast coverage this book will be a useful reference work for scholars and students of various backgrounds.