The Didache : faith, hope, & life of the earliest Christian communities, 50-70 C.E. / by Aaron Milavec.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milavec, Aaron, 1938-

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Didache.

Christian ethics--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Christian ethics.

History.

Church--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Church.

Church--History of doctrines.

Church--History of doctrines--Early church.

Christian ethics--Early works to 1800.

Church--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 984 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Paulist Press, 2003.

Summary:

A first-century pastoral manual

Aaron Milavec has written an important study of the Didache, one of the first major texts describing the way of life lived within a set of first-century Christian communities. A "pastoral manual" of sorts, it enumerates the step-by-step training of gentile converts for full active participation in the church communities of the mid-first century.

Milavec offers here a fresh translation, side by side Greek and English, of the work, along with extensive commentary. Of considerable length, this work is noteworthy because it places the text with the context of how the earliest Christians saw themselves in relation to the surrounding Roman, pagan society.

This landmark work is a must for:

-- scripture scholars.

-- historians.

-- graduate students.

-- university and seminary libraries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Contains:

Didache. English & Greek.

ISBN:

0809105373

OCLC:

51769336