The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0814658318 ISBN 13: 9780814658314

Casa editrice: Michael Glazier, 2003

Riassunto

Most Christians believe that everything about Jesus and the early church can be found in their New Testament. In recent years, however, the discovery of the Gospel of Thomas and the reconstruction of the Q-Gospel have led scholars to recognize that some very early materials were left out. Now, due to the pioneering efforts of Dr. Aaron Milavec, the most decisive document of them al, namely, the Didache (Did-ah-Kay"), has come to light. Milavec has decoded the Didache and enabled it to reveal its hidden secrets regarding those years when Christianity was little more than a faction within the restless Judaisms of the mid-first-century.

The Didache reveals a tantalizingly detailed description of the prophetic faith and day-to-day routines that shaped the Jesus movement some twenty years after the death of Jesus. The focus of the movement then was not upon proclaiming the exalted titles and deeds of Jesus - aspects that come to the fore in the letters of Paul and in the Gospel narratives. In contrast to these familiar forms of Christianity, the focus of the Didache was upon "the life and the knowledge" of Jesus himself. Thus, the Didache details the step-by-step process whereby non-Jews were empowered by assimilating the prophetic faith and the way of life associated with Jesus of Nazareth.

Milavec's clear, concise, and inspiring commentaries are not only of essential importance to scholars, pastors, and students but also very useful for ordinary people who wish to unlock the secrets of the Didache. Milavec's analytic, Greek-English side-by-side, gender-inclusive translation is included as well as a description of how this document, after being fashioned and used 50-70 C.E., was mysteriously lost for over eighteen hundred years before being found in an obscure library in Istanbul. The study questions, bibliography, and flowcharts enable even first-time users to grasp the functional and pastoral genius that characterized the earliest Christian communities.

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In this study edition Aaron Milavec provides an overview of his pioneering efforts to surface the hidden unity governing the progression of topics in the Didache, a first-century pastoral manual for training converts for the full, active participation in the earliest Jewish-Christian communities. Milavec reconstructs the faith and hope, the discipline and rituals, the anxieties and challenges facing the earliest Christian communities. He embraces the Didache as a unified document that opens up the communal reality and theological vision supporting its creation and use. An analytic, Greek-English side-by-side, gender-inclusive translation is included as well as a description of how the Didache was discovered. Milavec offers guidelines for its translations and interpretation. A brief commentary, followed by study questions, a bibliography, and flowcharts enable readers to grasp the functional flow and compositional unity of the document. "In this new and landmark study, Aaron Milavec comprehensively examines how the first-century pastoral manual known as the Didache enumerated the step-by-step training of converts for the full, active participation in the earliest Jewish-Christian communities..." John Dominic Crossan

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• Editore: Michael Glazier
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0814658318
• ISBN 13: 9780814658314
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128
• Redattore: Milavec Aaron