The Didache in Modern Research: 1996

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Jonathan A. Draper
BRILL, 1996 - Religion - 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. Schollgen, 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.
 

Contents

JONATHAN A DRAPER The Jesus Tradition in the Didache
72
TUCKETT Synoptic Tradition in the Didache
92
JEANPAUL AUDET Literary and Doctrinal Relationships
129
GEDALIAH ALON Halakah in the Teaching of the Twelve
165
DAVID FLUSSER Pauls JewishChristian Opponents
195
WILLY RORDORF Baptism according to the Didache
212
JOHANNES BETZ The Eucharist in the Didache
244
ANDRÉ DE HALLEUX Ministers in the Didache
300
KURT NIEDERWIMMER An Examination of the Development
321
JONATHAN A DRAPER Torah and Troublesome Apostles
340
ERNST BAMMEL Pattern and Prototype of Didache 16
364
Bibliography
383
Indices
413
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Jonathan A. Draper, Ph.D. (1984) in New Testament, Cambridge University, is Associate Professor of New Testament at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. He has published extensively on the "Didache," Christian origins, and New Testament interpretation in the South African context.

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