Secord, Jared2023-11-282023-11-282023Secord, J. (2023). Health, Medicine, and Philosophy in the School of Justin Martyr. In L. Ayres, M. Champion, & M. Crawford (Eds.), The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (pp. 47-65). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.005https://hdl.handle.net/1880/117400https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.005https://hdl.handle.net/1880/11740010.11575/PRISM/42243In this paper, I contextualize the engagement of Christian intellectuals with the Roman Empire’s medical marketplace in the second century, focusing on Justin Martyr, Tatian, and pseudo-Justin’s On the Resurrection. I show that Justin, Tatian, and pseudo-Justin attempted to derive authority from displays of medical and philosophical expertise regarding bodily and mental health. Justin’s limited interests in bodily health and medicine were driven by his interest in presenting Christians as philosophers who faced death without fear, a goal that aligned him more closely with his philosophical contemporaries. Tatian and pseudo-Justin, in contrast, launched challenges against the authority of physicians, presenting an ascetic form of regimen as a superior Christian method of achieving excellent bodily and mental health.enUnless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Book chapter