The Church in Antioch in the First Century CE (2003 Slee), book
The Church in Antioch in the First Century CE: Communion and Conflict (2003) is a book by Michelle Slee.
Abstract
"The book explores the problems faced by the church in Antioch in the mid-first century CE once the decision was taken to welcome Gentiles into the church. Slee argues that a particular problem was the celebration of the Eucharist, since some Jewish Christians felt that the table-fellowship this involved inevitably brought the risk of contamination (because of Gentile contact with idolatry). She suggests this was the subject debated at the Jerusalem conference described in Acts 15 and Galatians 2, and it was the eventual decision of the Antioch church to hold separate Eucharists that led to Paul's break with the church (Gal 2:11-14). Thus even at the end of the first century CE the Antioch church was still divided on the issue."--Publisher description.
Editions and translations
Published in London England], and New York, NY: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003.
Table of contents
- Part I. Gentiles in the early church and the conflict in Antioch: the evidence from Acts and Galatians -- Conflict between the Hellenists and the Hebrews in Jerusalem -- Examination of the Jewish-Gentile church in Antioch -- Jerusalem conference and the incident in Antioch
- Part II. Didache -- Examination of the place of composition and date of the Didache -- Examination of Didache 1-10 in light of the situation in Antioch -- Examinaiton of Didache 11-16
- Part III. Gospel of Matthew -- Place of composition and date of the gospel -- Place of gentiles in gospel of Matthew -- Authority figures in the Matthean community
External links
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