The didache : a missing piece of the puzzle in early Christianity / edited by Jonathan A. Draper and Clayton N. Jefford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Draper, Jonathan A., editor.

Jefford, Clayton N., editor.

Series:

Early Christianity and Its Literature

Society of Biblical Literature. Early Christianity and Its Literature ; Number 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Didache.

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

Christian ethics.

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

Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (650 p.)

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, [Georgia] : SBL Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An intriguing dilemma for those who study ancient Christian contexts and literature This edited volume includes essays and responses from specialists in the Didache and in early church history in general. Features: Strategies for understanding liturgical constructions and ritual worship found in the text Studies that apply generally to the overall content and background of the Didache Essays on the relationship between the Didache and scripture--particularly with respect to the Gospel of Matthew

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction:; Part 1: Approaches to the Text as a Whole; Identity in the Didache Community; Authority and Perspective in the Didache; The Distress Signals of Didache Research; Children and Slaves in the Community; Reflections on the Didache and Its Community; Part 2: Leadership and Liturgy; Baptism and Holiness; The Lord's Prayer; Pray "In This Way"; The Ritual Meal in Didache 9-10; Response to Essays on Leadership and Liturgy; Part 3: The Didache and Matthew; Before and after Matthew; The Sectio Evangelica; The Didache and Oral Theory

From the Sermon on the Mount to the DidacheThe Lord Jesus and His Coming in the Didache; Matthew and the Didache; Part 4: The Didache and Other Early Christian Texts; Without Decree; Another Gospel; The First Century Two Ways Catechesis; The Didache and Revelation; The Didache as a Source for the Reconstruction of Early Christianity; Conclusion; Bibliography; Contributors; Index of Primary Texts; Index of Modern Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62837-049-1

OCLC:

915158293