Didache and Judaism : Jewish roots of an ancient Christian-Jewish work / Marcello Del Verme.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Del Verme, Marcello.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Didache.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Relations.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Physical Description:

xv, 291 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : T & T Clark International, [2004]

Summary:

Takes a new look at the Jewishness of the Christian Didache.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Status Quaestionis: Defining Terms and Perspectives Starting from an Annotated Bibliography 5

I Main Bibliographical Aids 7

II Editors, Versions, Translations and Commentaries of the Didache (and of Other Correlated Texts) 9

III Judaism and Christian Origins 16

IV Studies on the Didache and on the Judaism/s of the Didache 74

Chapter 2 Beneficence/Charity or Community of Goods? A Propos of Did. 4:8 113

2 Text and Contexts of Did. 4:8 115

2.1 The Thematic Progression of Did. 4:5-8 120

2.2 The Community of Goods of Did. 4:8b-c-d 122

2.2.1 Jewish Historical Context 125

2.2.2 Community of Goods, Didache and Judaism 133

2.2.3 Hellenised Essenism and Did. 4:8 137

Chapter 3 Defining Identities: Who are the People Labelled as "Hypocrites" and "the Others" in Didache' 8 143

2 The Tithes of the Pharisees (Matt-Luke) Hypocrites (Matt) 148

2.1 Tithes in the "Woes" of Matthew and Luke 148

2.2 The "Woe" of Matt 23:23-24 150

2.2.3 The "Woe" of Luke 11:42 158

3 Tithing and Fasting of a Praying Pharisee (Luke 18:11-12) 162

4 The Bi-weekly Fast of the YIIOKPITAI (Did. 8:1) 168

4.1 The Semantic Field of Hypocrisy in the Didache 168

4.2 Jewish and Christian Practice of Fasting: from Jesus and the Jesus Movement up to the Didache 170

4.3 Text and Contexts of Did. 8:1 173

4.4 YIIOKPITAI and "the Others": Trajectory of a Confrontation/Dispute between Groups 176

4.5 Toward a Conclusion 184

Chapter 4 The AIIAPXH of the Christian Jews (Did. 13:3-7) and Some Ancient Ecclesiastical Ordinances 189

2 The AIIAPXH of Did. 13:3-7 190

2.1 Semantic Values of AIIAPXH 192

2.2 Text and Translation of Did. 13:3-7 196

2.3 The AIIAPXH of Did. 13:3-7 and Residing Prophets at Antioch 199

3 Did. 13:1-7 and Some Ancient Ecclesiastical Ordinances 200

3.1 Apostolic Constitutions 201

3.2 Apostolic Tradition 204

3.3 Didascalia 213

Chapter 5 Eschatology and/or Apocalypse? Did. 16 and the So-called "Jewish Apocalyptic" 221

2 Did. 16: A Preliminary Note 222

2.1 Text and Translation of Did. 16 (with Parr. in Notes) 224

2.2 Did. 16 "Ethics"? 226

2.3 Did. 16: "Apocalyptic" (= Eschatology)? 227

3 Did. 16 and the Apocalyptic Genre 231

4 Did. 16 and the Apocalyptic 'Ideologies' 236

4.1 Enochic Judaism 237

4.2 Did. 16 and Enochism 243

4.3 Did. 16 and Other Ideological Motifs of the Judaism of the Hellenistic and Roman Period 251

5 Did. 16 and the Synoptic "Apocalyptic Discourse" (Mark 13 and Parr.) 254

5.1 The Synoptic "Apocalyptic Discourse" in Early Christianity 255

5.2 The Re-interpretation of Jewish Traditions and the Syrian Communities between the 1st and 2nd Centuries CE 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0567025314

0567025411

OCLC:

56096946