Editor's Foreword
Preface
Introduction: History and Text of the Didache
The Prominence and Decline of the Didache in Early Christianity
The Text of the Didache
Composition and Purpose of the Didache
The Eschatological Conclusion of the Didache
The Evangelical Section (Did 1:3b-2:1)
Date and Provenance
The Jewish Source of Didache 1-6: The Two Ways
The Contents of the Two Ways Section in Did 1-6
The Didache Form of the Two Ways Tradition and the Tradition's Ancestry
Other Forms of the Two Ways Tradition in Early Christian Literature
Toward the Earlist Form of the Two Ways Tradition in Early Christian Literature
The Influence of the Two Ways in Christian Literature
The Early Christian Period
The Merovingian and Carolingian Period
A Reconstruction of the Two Days
The Doctrina Apostolorum
A Reconstruction of the Greek Two Ways
The Two Ways as a Jewish Document
The Dualistic Setting of the Two Ways
The Two Ways in its Essene and pre-Essene Form
The Various Traditional Materials Preserved in the Greek Way of Life
Traditional Derekh Erets Materials Preserved in the Whole of the Greek Two Ways
The Tractate of the Greek Two Ways in its Jewish Setting
II. THE DIDACHE'S PLACE IN EARLY JUDAISM AND NASCENT CHRISTIANITY
The Two Ways and the Sermon on the Mount
The Preamble (Matt 5:3-16) and Conclusion (7:13-27) of the Sermon on the Mount
The Statements of Principle (Matt 5:17-20) and the so-called Antitheses (5:21-48)
Conclusion
A Jewish-Christian Addition to the Two Ways (Did 6:2-3)
Introduction
Did 6:2-3 in a Wider Perspective
Conclusion: Did 6:2-3
The Didache's Ritual: Jewish and Early Christian Tradition (Did 7-10)
Baptism (Did 7)
Fasting and the Lord's Prayer (Did 8)
Eucharist (Did 9-10)
The Didache Community and its Jewish Roots (Did 11-15)
The Literary Composition of Didache 11-15
Teachers, Apostles, Prophets and the Milieu of the Didache Community
Didache 11-15 and its Jewish Roots
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Indices
The late David Flusser was Professor of Comparative Religion at
Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He closely collaborated for five
years on the project with Huub van de Sandt who teaches in the
theological faculty of the Catholic University of Tilburg, the
Netherlands.
Huub van de Sandt is Lecturer in New Testament Studies in the
Faculty of Theology, Tilburg, the Netherlands. He is co-author of
The Didache (Fortress Press, 2002).
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