The Didache in context : : essays on its text, history, and transmission / / edited by Clayton N. Jefford.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 77
• TeilnehmendeR: Jefford, Clayton N.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 77.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 pages, 2 numbered pages of plates) :; illustrations
• Notes: English, French, German, and Greek; includes English translation of the Didache.

The Didache in Context contains an intriguing look into the background of the Didache, exploring the influence of the text upon the development of early Christianity. It offers an insightful collection of essays that have been gathered from the research efforts of numerous biblical and patristic scholars from around the world. The book seeks to explore questions that relate to the composition of the text itself, the history of the role and function of the Didache within early Christian circles, and the influence of the manuscript upon early Christian traditions and trends of thought. In addition to the numerous, individual investigations that are featured here, the collection includes a fresh translation of the text in English and a comprehensive, up-to-date bibliography of literature on the Didache.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Clayton N. Jefford -- The Didache: An English Translation / O.S.B. Aelred Cody -- Der Didachist Und Seine Quellen / Kurt Niederwimmer -- The Text of the Didache: Some Comments on the Edition of Klaus Wengst / Boudewijn Dehandschutter -- Considerations on the Coptic Papyrus of the Didache (British Library Oriental Manuscript 9271) / F. Stanley Jones and Paul A. Mirecki -- The Transformation of Moral Exhortation in Didache 1-5 / John S. Kloppenborg -- La Didachè Et Le Problème Synoptique / André Tuilier -- The Saving Efficacy of the Burning Process in Didache 16.5 / Aaron Milavec -- The Curse That Saves (Didache 16.5) / Nancy Pardee -- Style-Switching in the Didache: Fingerprint or Argument? / Ian H. Henderson -- The Hebrew Epic and the Didache / Jonathan Reed -- Baptism in the Didache / Nathan Mitchell -- The Sacred Food of Didache 9-10 and Second-century Ecclesiologies / John W. Riggs -- Social Ambiguity and the Production of Text: Prophets, Teachers, Bishops, and Deacons and the Development of the Jesus Tradition in the Community of the Didache / Jonathan A. Draper -- Didache 11-13: The Legacy of Radical Itinerancy in Early Christianity / Stephen J. Patterson -- Did Ignatius of Antioch Know the Didache? / Clayton N. Jefford -- The Didache and Early Monasticism in the East and West / O.S.B. Cyprian Davis -- A Bibliography of Literature on the Didache / Kenneth J. Harder and Clayton N. Jefford -- Works Cited / Clayton N. Jefford -- Indices / Clayton N. Jefford -- Plates / Clayton N. Jefford.