An Answer To The Jews
Tertullian's early third-century treatise addressing the Jewish people, arguing from the Old Testament that the Messiah has already come in Jesus Christ. He traces the fulfillment of prophecy and the transition from the old covenant to the new.
14 Chapters
Table of Contents
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Chapter I.--Occasion of Writing. Relative Position of Jews and Gentiles Illustrated.
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Chapter II.--The Law Anterior to Moses.
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Chapter III.--Of Circumcision and the Supercession of the Old Law.
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Chapter IV.--Of the Observance of the Sabbath.
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Chapter V.--Of Sacrifices.
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Chapter VI.--Of the Abolition and the Abolisher of the Old Law.
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Chapter VII.--The Question Whether Christ Be Come Taken Up.
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Chapter VIII.--Of the Times of Christ's Birth and Passion, and of Jerusalem's Destruction.
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Chapter IX.--Of the Prophecies of the Birth and Achievements of Christ.
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Chapter X.--Concerning the Passion of Christ, and Its Old Testament Predictions and Adumbrations.
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Chapter XI.--Further Proofs, from Ezekiel. Summary of the Prophetic Argument Thus Far.
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Chapter XII.--Further Proofs from the Calling of the Gentiles.
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Chapter XIII.--Argument from the Destruction of Jerusalem and Desolation of Judea.
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Chapter XIV.--Conclusion. Clue to the Error of the Jews.