The Didache: Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50-70 C. E.
In this 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. Milavec shows how the Didache can, in turn, illuminate our understanding of how these first Christian men and women organized their community life socially, religiously, and politically in order to safeguard its members from the challenges of the...
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In this 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. Milavec shows how the Didache can, in turn, illuminate our understanding of how these first Christian men and women organized their community life socially, religiously, and politically in order to safeguard its members from the challenges of the surrounding Roman, pagan society of the first-century Mediterranean basin. He argues not only that the Didache's textual and contextual clues demonstrate the document's organic unity from beginning to end, but also that it dates from a period before the gospels were written and had gained acceptance.
PrefaceHow My Mind Was ChangedAcknowledgmentsPt. ITextHow the Greek Manuscript Was Discovered, Transcribed, and Translated3Greek Text with Side-by-Side Analytical Translation12Pt. IICommentary1The Life-Transforming Training Program492The Economic Safety Net in the Roman World of Systematic Exploitation1733Fasting, Feasting, and the Practice of Baptizing Adults2294Rhythms of Fasting and Praying Until the Kingdom Comes2855Kingdom Expectation Celebrated in the Eucharistic Meals3516How and Why the Didache Checked Meddling Prophets4237Learning Gratitude by Offering First Fruits4918The Confession of Failings and Eucharistic Sacrifice5279Community Organization in a Companionship of Empowerment57910Purifying Fire, Selective Resurrection, and God's Coming619Pt. IIISpecial Issues11Whether the Didache Made Use of Any Known Gospel69312Whether the Didache Reveals the Social Setting for "Turning the Other Cheek" and "Loving One's Enemies"74113Whether Final Perfection Requires Observance of the Torah76914Whether the "Hypocrites" Were Promoters of Temple Sacrifice78315Whether the "Burning-Process of Testing" (Did. 16:5) Offers Evidence for the Dual Functioning of Eschatological Fire809Epilogue: The Spirituality of the Didache: Modern Reflections839List of Abbreviations911Bibliography of Works Consulted916Index of Didache References955Index of Subjects960Index of Authors979Electronic Aids for the Study of the Didache985
