The Didache in Modern Research (1996 Draper), edited volume

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Jonathan A. Draper (ed.), The Didache in Modern Research (Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 37; Leiden: Brill, 1996).

Abstract

"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."--Publisher description.

Contents

The Didache in modern research: an overview / Jonathan A. Draper. -- The Didache as a church order: an examination of the purpose for the composition of the Didache and its consequences for its interpretation / Georg Schöllgen. -- The Jesus tradition in the Didache / Jonathan A. Draper. -- Synoptic tradition in the Didache / Christopher M. Tuckett. -- Literary and doctrinal relationships of the "manual of discipline' / Jean-Paul Audet. -- An aspect of the Judeo-Christian ethic: the two ways / Willy Rordorf. -- Halakah in the teaching of the twelve apostles (Didache) / 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 8 / Jonathan A. Draper. -- The Eucharist in the Didache / Johannes Betz. -- Didache 9-10: elements of a eucharistic interpretation / Enrico Mazza. -- Ministers in the Didache / André de Halleux. -- An examination of the development of itinerant radicalism in the environment and tradition of the Didache / Kurt Niederwimmer.; Torah and troublesome apostles in the Didache community / Jonathan A. Draper. -- Pattern and prototype of Didache 16 / Ernst Bammel. -- Considerations on the background and purpose of the apocalyptic final chapter of the Didache / Hans Reinhard Seeliger.

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