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“The Teaching of These Words”: Intertextuality, Social Identity, and Early Christianity
Essays in Honor of Clayton N. Jefford
Series: - The Bible in Ancient Christianity, Volume: 16
What does it mean for a group to speak of its identity and, in contrast, to speak about the “other”? As with all groups, early Christian communities underwent a process of identity formation, and in this process, intertextuality played a role. The choice of biblical texts and imageries, their reception and adaptation, affected how early Christian communities perceived themselves. Conversely, how they perceived themselves affected which texts they were drawn to and how they read and received them. The contributors to this volume examine how early Christian authors used Scripture and related texts and, in turn, how those texts shaped the identity of their communities.
Jonathan A. Draper, Ph.D. (1984), Cambridge, is Professor Emeritus, University of Natal. He has published widely on topics in the New Testament and early Christianity as well as on subjects for the contemporary church. He is currently writing a new commentary on the Didache.
Nancy D. Pardee, Ph.D. (2002), University of Chicago, is administrator for the Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies, University of Chicago. She has publications in biblical and early Christian studies, including The Genre and Development of the “Didache” (Mohr Siebeck, 2012).
Shawn J. Wilhite, Ph.D. (2023), Durham University, is Associate Professor of New Testament at California Baptist University. He has published monographs and articles in the field of Early Christianity and Patristics, including The Didache: A Commentary (Cascade, 2019).
Nancy D. Pardee, Ph.D. (2002), University of Chicago, is administrator for the Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies, University of Chicago. She has publications in biblical and early Christian studies, including The Genre and Development of the “Didache” (Mohr Siebeck, 2012).
Shawn J. Wilhite, Ph.D. (2023), Durham University, is Associate Professor of New Testament at California Baptist University. He has published monographs and articles in the field of Early Christianity and Patristics, including The Didache: A Commentary (Cascade, 2019).
Clayton N. Jefford: A Brief Biography
Susan Sanders Jefford
Abbreviations
Introduction
Shawn J. Wilhite
1 Diverse and Contrasting Values of Priesthood in Second-Century Christian Texts
Joseph G. Mueller, S.J.
2 The Social Identity of the Travelers between the Early Communities of Jesus-Followers
Thomas O’Loughlin
3 Ritual Practice and Identity Formation in Early Christianity
Jonathan Schwiebert
4 “An Image in Place of an Image”: The Search for Meaning and the Formation of Identity
Stephen J. Patterson
5 Paul’s Epistle to the Romans and the Catechesis of Gentiles in the Didache
Jonathan A. Draper
6 Salvation by One Step or Two? The Didache, Acts and the Background to Galatians
Alan Garrow
7 The “Yoke of the Lord” and the Community of the Didache: The Debate Continues
Nancy D. Pardee
8 “You Must Love Those Who Hate You”: Social Oppression and the Sectio evangelica in the Didache’s Two Ways
Shawn J. Wilhite
9 Reading Community: Election, Salvation History, and Christian Identity in 1 Clement
Stephen O. Presley
10 Abraham’s 318 Circumcised Men and the Figure of Eliezer (Lazarus) in Barnabas 9.8
Clare K. Rothschild
11 Ritual Practice and Social Formation in Mark and Ignatius of Antioch
Charles A. Bobertz
12 Christian Identity through a Threefold Declaration in the Martyrdom of Polycarp
Paul Anthony Hartog
13 Apocalyptic and Social Identity in the Second Century: Irenaeus’s Reading of John’s Apocalypse
D. Jeffrey Bingham
Clayton N. Jefford’s Academic Publications and Contributions
Index
Susan Sanders Jefford
Abbreviations
Introduction
Shawn J. Wilhite
1 Diverse and Contrasting Values of Priesthood in Second-Century Christian Texts
Joseph G. Mueller, S.J.
2 The Social Identity of the Travelers between the Early Communities of Jesus-Followers
Thomas O’Loughlin
3 Ritual Practice and Identity Formation in Early Christianity
Jonathan Schwiebert
4 “An Image in Place of an Image”: The Search for Meaning and the Formation of Identity
Stephen J. Patterson
5 Paul’s Epistle to the Romans and the Catechesis of Gentiles in the Didache
Jonathan A. Draper
6 Salvation by One Step or Two? The Didache, Acts and the Background to Galatians
Alan Garrow
7 The “Yoke of the Lord” and the Community of the Didache: The Debate Continues
Nancy D. Pardee
8 “You Must Love Those Who Hate You”: Social Oppression and the Sectio evangelica in the Didache’s Two Ways
Shawn J. Wilhite
9 Reading Community: Election, Salvation History, and Christian Identity in 1 Clement
Stephen O. Presley
10 Abraham’s 318 Circumcised Men and the Figure of Eliezer (Lazarus) in Barnabas 9.8
Clare K. Rothschild
11 Ritual Practice and Social Formation in Mark and Ignatius of Antioch
Charles A. Bobertz
12 Christian Identity through a Threefold Declaration in the Martyrdom of Polycarp
Paul Anthony Hartog
13 Apocalyptic and Social Identity in the Second Century: Irenaeus’s Reading of John’s Apocalypse
D. Jeffrey Bingham
Clayton N. Jefford’s Academic Publications and Contributions
Index
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