Matthew, James, and Didache : Three Related Documents in Their Jewish and Christian Setting.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Methods and Milieus -- Reconstructing the Social and Religious Milieu of Matthew: Methods, Sources, and Possible Results -- Reconstructing the Social and Religious Milieu of James: Methods, Sources, and Possible Results -- Reconstructing the Social and Religious Milieu of the Didache: Observations and Possible Results -- Part 2: Conflicts and Contacts -- The Didache, Matthew, James-and Paul: Reconstructing Historical Developments in Antioch -- Transformations of Post-70 Judaism: Scholarly Reconstructions and Their Implications for our Perception of Matthew, Didache, and James -- Jewish Christianity, A State of Affairs: Affinities and Differences with Respect to Matthew, James, and the Didache -- Part 3: Community and Identity -- Apostles, Teachers, and Evangelists: Stability and Movement of Functionaries in Matthew, James, and the Didache -- The Ideal Community according to Matthew, James, and the Didache -- Poverty and Piety in Matthew, James, and the Didache -- Jesus Tradition in Matthew, James, and the Didache: Searching for Characteristic Emphases -- Part 4: Interpreting Torah -- Problems with Pluralism in Second Temple Judaism: Matthew, James, and the Didache in Their Jewish-Roman Milieu -- The Love Command in Matthew, James, and the Didache -- Ethics in the Letter of James, the Gospel of Matthew, and the Didache: Their Place in Early Christian Literature -- Law and Ethics in Matthew's Antitheses and James's Letter: A Reorientation of Halakah in Line with the Jewish Two Ways 3:1-6 -- Part 5: Observing Rituals -- Paraenesis and Baptism in Matthew, James, and the Didache -- The Presence and Absence of a Prohibition of Oath in James, Matthew, and the Didache and its Significance for Contextualization -- Purity in Matthew, James, and the Didache -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index of Sources.

Index of Subjects -- Index of Ancient Personal Names -- Index of Modern Authors.

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