The Didache in modern research / / edited by Jonathan A. Draper.

• Superior document: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 37
• TeilnehmendeR: Draper, Jonathan A.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1996.
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 37.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 445 pages)

This volume makes available a collection of the most important and influential modern articles on the Didache or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles , many of them appearing in English for the first time. Leading Jewish and Christian scholars in the field represented in the volume include G. Alon, J-P. Audet, E. Bammel, J. Betz, J.A. Draper, D. Flusser, A. de Halleux, E. Mazza, K. Niederwimmer, W. Rordorf, G. Schöllgen, H.R. Seeliger and C.M. Tuckett. Essays included provide a representative sample of most aspects of study of this first-century Christian writing, documenting an increasing scholarly interest in its importance for the understanding of Christian origins. The editor provides an extensive review of scholarship on the Didache in the past fifty years, outlining its major trends and implications.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- THE DIDACHE IN MODERN RESEARCH: AN OVERVIEW -- THE DIDACHE AS A CHURCH ORDER: AN EXAMINATION OF THE PURPOSE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE DIDACHE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR INTERPRETATION / GEORG SCHÆLLGEN -- THE JESUS TRADITION IN THE DID ACHE -- SYNOPTIC TRADITION IN THE DIDACHE / CHRISTOPHER M. TUCKETT -- LITERARY AND DOCTRINAL AFFINITIES OF THE “MANUAL OF DISCIPLINE” / JEAN-PAUL AUDET -- AN ASPECT OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ETHIC: THE TWO WAYS / WILLY RORDORF -- THE HALACHA IN THE TEACHING OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES / GEDALIAH ALON -- PAUL'S JEWISH-CHRISTIAN OPPONENTS IN THE DIDACHE / DAVID FLUSSER -- BAPTISM ACCORDING TO THE DIDACHE / WILLY RORDORF -- CHRISTIAN SELF-DEFINITION AGAINST THE “HYPOCRITES” IN DIDACHE VIII -- THE EUCHARIST IN THE DID ACHE / JOHANNES BETZ -- DIDACHE 940: ELEMENTS OF A EUCHARISTIC INTERPRETATION / ENRICO MAZZA -- MINISTERS IN THE DID ACHE / ANDRÉ DE HALLEUX -- AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITINERANT RADICALISM IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND TRADITION OF THE DID ACHE / KURT NIEDERWIMMER -- TORAH AND TROUBLESOME APOSTLES IN THE DIDACHE COMMUNITY -- PATTERN AND PROTOTYPE OF DIDACHE 16 / ERNST BAMMEL -- CONSIDERATIONS ON THE BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE APOCALYPTIC CONCLUSION OF THE DIDACHE / HANS REINHARD SEELIGER -- WORKS CITED -- INDICES.