Matthew, James, and Didache: Three Related Documents in Their Jewish and Christian Settings (2008 Sandt, Zangenberg), edited volume

Matthew, James, and Didache: Three Related Documents in Their Jewish and Christian Settings (2008) is a volume edited by Hubertus Waltherus Maria van de Sandt and Jürgen Zangenberg

Abstract

"Sharing many traditions and characteristics, the Gospel of Matthew, the letter of James, and the Didache invite comparative study. In this volume, internationally renowned scholars consider the three writings and the complex interrelationship between first-century Judaism and nascent Christianity. These texts likely reflect different aspects and emphases of a network of connected communities sharing basic theological assumptions and expressions. Of particular importance for the reconstruction of the religious and social milieu of these communities are issues such as the role of Jewish law, the development of community structures, the reception of the Jesus tradition, and conflict management. In addition to the Pauline and Johannine “schools,” Matthew, James, and the Didache may represent a third religious milieu within earliest Christianity that is especially characterized through its distinct connections to a particular ethical stream of contemporary Jewish tradition. The contributors are Jonathan Draper; Patrick J. Hartin; John S. Kloppenborg; Matthias Konradt; J. Andrew Overman; Boris Repschinski, S.J.; Huub van de Sandt; Jens Schröter; David C. Sim; Alistair Stewart-Sykes; Peter Tomson; Martin Vahrenhorst; Joseph Verheyden; Wim J. C. Weren; Oda Wischmeyer; Jürgen K. Zangenberg; and Magnus Zetterholm."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008.

Table of contents

• Reconstructing the social and religious milieu of Matthew: methods, sources, and possible results /; David C. Sim

• Reconstructing the social and religious milieu of James: methods, source, and possible results /; Oda Wischmeyer

• Reconstructing the social and religious milieu of the Didache: observations and possible results /; Jürgen K. Zangenberg

• Didache, Matthew, James -- and Paul: reconstructing historical developments in Antioch /; Magnus Zetterholm

• Transformations of post-70 Judaism: scholarly reconstructions and their implications for our perception of Matthew, Didache, and James /; Peter Tomson

• Jewish Christianity, a state of affairs: affinities and differences with respect to Matthew, James and the Didache /; Joseph Verheyden

• Apostles, teachers and evangelists: stability and movement of funtionaries in Matthew, James and the Didache /; Jonathan Draper

• Ideal community according to Matthew, James, and the Didache /; Wim J.C. Weren

• Poverty and piety in Matthew, James and the Didache /; John S. Kloppenborg

• Jesus tradition in Matthew, James and the Didache: searching for characteristic emphasses /; Jens Schröter

• Problems with pluralism in the second temple Judaism: Matthew, James, and the Didache in their Jewish-Roman milieu /; J. Andrew Overman

• Love command in Matthew, James and the Didache /; Matthias Konradt

• Ethics in the letter of James, the gospel of Matthew, and the Didache /; Patrick J Hartin

• Law and ethics in Matthew's antithesis and James's letter: a reorientation of Halakah in line with the Jewish two ways 3:1-6 /; Huub van de Sandt

• Paraenesis and baptism in Matthew, James and the Didache /; Alistair Stewart-Sykes

• Prescence and absence of a prohibition of oath in James, Matthew and the Didache and its significance for contextualization /; Martin Vahrenhorst

• Purity in Matthew, James and the Didache /; Boris Repschinski

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