Justin martyr dialogue with trypho

Second-century Christian apologetic text by Justin Martyr

The Dialogue with Trypho, along with the First and Second Apologies, is a second-century Christianapologetic text, usually agreed to be dated in between AD 155-160.

It is seen as documenting the attempts by theologian Justin Martyr to show that Christianity is the new law for all men, and to prove from Scripture that Jesus is the Messiah.^[1]

The Dialogue utilizes the literary device of an intellectual conversation between Justin and Trypho, a Jew.

The concluding section propounds that the Christians are the "true" people of God.

Identity of Trypho

The identity of Trypho as RabbiTarfon has been proposed, but many Jewish scholars do not accept this notion.^[2] They instead consider Trypho a fictional character invented by Justin for his literary purposes.^[2][3]

Setting and structure

The setting is presented as a chance meeting between Justin and T