The Didascalia Apostolorum in Syriac
Author: Margaret Dunlop Gibson
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 452
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Author: Margaret Dunlop Gibson
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 452
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alistair Stewart-Sykes
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9782503529936
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Didascalia apostolorum is one of the ancient church orders, setting out the duties and responsibilities of laypeople, bishops and widows, regulating the keeping of Pascha and engaging in polemic with Judaism. It is a work of extraordinary interest for the history of the church in Syria, as a document of social and liturgical history and as a document bearing witness to relations between Christians and Jews. Alistair Stewart-Sykes presents the text in a readable English version which takes full account of the various textual witnesses. Of particular importance is the introduction. The Didascalia is conventionally ascribed to a single hand in third-century Syria, but here an entirely new compositional hypothesis is proposed in which the work is shown to be composite and to include sources of much greater antiquity than the period of final redaction. In the light of the compositional hypothesis there are radically new discussions of ministry (including the ministry of widows), relationships with Judaism, and liturgy (including the penitential process). Beyond this the introduction engages with the social context in which these developments emerged. The work is suitable for a wide audience. The translation will be useful to undergraduate and graduate students whereas the introduction and commentary will be of interest to scholars in ecclesiastical history, historical liturgy, forming Judaism and Jewish-Christian relations as well as Syriac studies. The author, Alistair Stewart-Sykes, is well-known in the field having produced the first critical text for over a century of the Apostolic church order and the first full-length commentary on the Apostolic tradition.
Author: R. Hugh Connolly
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2010-06-01
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 1556356692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe intention of Ancient Texts and Translations (ATT) is to make available a variety of ancient documents and document collections to a broad range of readers. The series will include reprints of long out-of- print volumes, revisions of earlier editions, and completely new volumes. The understanding of ancient societies depends upon our close reading of the documents, however fragmentary, that have survived. --K. C. Hanson Series Editor
Author: Robert Boak Slocum
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 591
ISBN-13: 0898697018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive, quick reference for all Episcopalians, both lay and ordained. This thoroughly researched, highly readable resource contains more than 3,000 clearly entries about the history, structure, liturgy, and theology of the Episcopal Church—and the larger Christian church worldwide. The editors have also provided a helpful bibliography of key reference works and additional background materials. “This tool belongs on the shelf of just about anyone who cares for, works in or with, or even wonders about the Episcopal Church.”—The Episcopal New Yorker
Author: Holger Michael Zellentin
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783161527203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Qur'ān, emphasizing ritual purity and the role of Jesus as giver of God's positive law, preserves aspects of an earlier Jesus movement that most Christian groups diluted or rejected. The Didascalia Apostolorum, a late ancient church order, records a significant number of the laws promulgated in the Qur'ān, but does not fully endorse them when it comes to purity. Likewise, the Didascalia' legal narratives about the Israelites and about Jesus, as well as the legal and theological vocabulary of the Syriac (Eastern Christian Aramaic) version of the Didascalia, recurrently show kinship with the Arabic Qur'ān, amplifying the apparent affinities between the two texts. The Qur'ān, however, is not "based" on the Didascalia in any direct way; detailed comparison of the two documents illustrates the absence of textual influence in either direction. Both texts should rather be read against the background of the practices and the oral discourse shared by their respective audiences: a common legal culture.
Author: Alan Kreider
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2016-03-29
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1493400339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the amazing story of the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Challenging traditional understandings, Kreider contends the church grew because the virtue of patience was of central importance in the life and witness of the early Christians. They wrote about patience, not evangelism, and reflected on prayer, catechesis, and worship, yet the church grew--not by specific strategies but by patient ferment.
Author: Moshe Blidstein
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 019879195X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examines how early Christian writers drew on ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions to develop their own ideas about purity, purification, defilement, and disgust.
Author: Margaret Dunlop Gibson
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Johannes Quasten
Publisher: Christian Classic
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780870610851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA monumental work that presents a solid introduction to early Christian literature to the English reading public. It is the first work of its kind written originally in English. Reviewers were unanimous in heaping praise upon the publication and looking upon it as a breakthrough in studying the Fathers of the Church.
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-08
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9004471162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of articles analyzes the formation of antique and early medieval religious identities and ideas in rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, Islam, and Greco-Roman culture. The authors question the artificial disciplinary and conceptual boundaries between these traditions.