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Dialogue with Trypho
St. Justin Martyr · 2nd century
St. Justin the Philosopher · image, public domain
St. Justin tells how he searched through the philosophers until an old man pointed him to the prophets. Then he and Trypho, a Jewish teacher, talk through the Scriptures for two days.
It shows how the early Church read the Old Testament and found Christ in it.
Contents
- 1Chapters 1–1330 min read
- 2Chapters 14–2730 min read
- 3Chapters 28–4030 min read
- 4Chapters 41–5325 min read
- 5Chapters 54–6330 min read
- 6Chapters 64–7525 min read
- 7Chapters 76–8730 min read
- 8Chapters 88–10230 min read
- 9Chapters 103–11625 min read
- 10Chapters 117–12825 min read
- 11Chapters 129–14225 min read
About this edition
From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885), edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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