A specifically Christian document pre-dating the New Testament has been found. The Didache, as it's called, chronicles a debate between the first Christians: do you have to be a Jew to convert to ...

This paper argues that the polemic in Gal 5 echoes key themes and concerns of Did. 1 -6 and 16. This indicates that Paul was aware of the Two Ways catechesis whether in oral or written form and of its ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Didache 7-10 provides an integrated block of ritual material intended for the aggregation phase of the initiation of Gentiles into a Jewish ...