New Essays on the Apostolic Fathers (eBook)

Clare K. Rothschild (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
321 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-155196-3 (ISBN)

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This volume comprises fifteen new essays on the Apostolic Fathers with a focus on the letters of Clement. An introductory essay investigates the role of seventeenth-century librarians in the origination of the collection's title. Five essays concern 1 Clement, exploring its relationship to 1 Corinthians, its generic classification, the discussion of 'Christian education' (1 Clem. 21:8), the golden calf tradition, and the well-known legend of the regeneration of the phoenix. Three essays treat aspects of 2 Clement, including problems with recent translations of chapter 1, the motif of the barren woman in chapter 2, and the analogy of faith as a race in chapter 7. One study probes the Quintus incident in Martyrdom of Polycarp 4 as emblematic of the literary and cultural conventions of second-century sophism. Another study considers protection against exploitation of Christian generosity by visitors in Didache 12. Another contribution investigates the precise nature of allegory in the Epistle of Barnabas. A short piece on the Epistle of Diognetus argues that the ancient moral-philosophical topos of the invisible God is at work in this text; and, a final essay explores the popular second-century medical theory behind Hermas's presentation of ???????? ('irascibility') in Mand. 5.1.3 (33.3). The volume ranges widely within and beyond early Christian literature - from the streets of ancient Achaean and Asian ?????? to the early modern libraries of Europe.

Born 1964; 1986 BA University of California, Berkeley; 1992 MTS Harvard University; 2003 PhD University of Chicago; 2006 postdoctoral fellow Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; currently Professor of Scripture, Department of Theology, Lewis University (USA) and Professor Extraordinary, Department Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

Inhalt

Cover 1
Acknowledgements 10
Table of Contents 12
Abbreviations and References 18
Chapter One: Introduction 20
Chapter Two: On the Invention of Patres Apostolici 26
A. Introduction 26
B. History of Research 27
C. From Book Fair to Catalog 31
I. Frankfurt Book Fair 31
II. From Fair to Bookseller 32
III. From Bookseller to Library 33
1. Thomas James 33
2. Thomas Hyde 38
3. Bookbinders and the Bodleian Catalog 39
D. From Library to Papacy and Beyond 41
I. Roman Catholics and Patristic Texts 41
II. Protestants and Patristic Texts 43
E. Conclusion 49
Appendix A 49
Appendix B 50
Appendix C. The Hyde-Fysher Catalog 1738 51
Chapter Three: Reception of First Corinthians in First Clement 54
A. Introduction 54
B. History of Scholarship 57
C. Exegetical Analysis 60
D. Style – Epistolary Elements 62
E. Content – Literary Allusions 64
I. 1 Corinthians as Rhetorical Artifact 65
II. Parallels 65
1. Allusions to 1 Corinthians in 1 Clement 66
a. Single Allusions 67
i. 1 Clement 13:1 67
ii. 1 Clement 34:8 68
iii. 1 Clement 42:4 69
b. Allusion Clusters 70
i. 1 Clement 37:3, 5 70
ii. Two Allusions to 1 Corinthians 4 71
1 Clement 3:3 72
1 Clement 7:1 73
iii. Three Allusions to 1 Corinthians 12 73
1 Clement 38:1 73
1 Clement 48:5 74
iv. Two Allusions to 1 Corinthians 13 75
1 Clement 55:2 75
1 Clement 49:5 76
v. Three Allusions to 1 Corinthians 15 77
1 Clem. 24:1, 5 77
F. Conclusion 79
Chapter Four: 1 Clement as Pseudepigraphon 80
A. Introduction 80
B. Occasion 83
C. Historical Circumstances 84
D. Form and Function 85
E. Conclusion 87
Chapter Five: ??????? as Solution to ?????? in 1 Clement 88
A. Introduction 88
B. Proof-texts and Commentary 89
I. Proof-texts 90
II. Authorial Commentary 93
C. Conclusion 98
Chapter Six: Golden Calf Incident in 1 Clement 100
A. Introduction 100
B. Background 101
C. Exempla in the Peroratio 105
I. Exempla Supporting Recommended Action 106
1. Exhortation to Repent 106
2. Exhortation to Accept Voluntary Exile 108
3. Exhortation that Reward is Outcome of Repentance 109
D. Exempla in the Probatio 109
I. Comparison of Exempla 111
E. Conclusion 112
Chapter Seven: “Where Their Worm Dieth Not”: The Phoenix Legend in 1 Clement 25 116
A. Introduction 116
B. Greek Text and English Translation 116
C. Parallel Literature 117
D. Evidence 118
E. Analysis 126
F. Conclusion 128
Chapter Eight: “Belittling” or “Undervaluing” in 2 Clem. 1:1–2? 130
A. Introduction 130
B. Greek Text 130
C. History of Interpretation 131
D. Recent Investigations 136
E. Prologue in Context 138
F. Proposed Translation 140
G. Conclusion 142
Chapter Nine: Two dispositiones in 2 Clement 2 144
A. Introduction 144
B. History of Scholarship 146
C. 2 Clement 2:1–7 148
D. Summation 153
E. The “Two Dispositions” Motif 153
I. Marcion 154
II. Justin Martyr 156
III. Tertullian 159
F. Conclusion 159
Chapter Ten: Sailing Past the Competition: Euergetism in 2 Clement 7 162
A. Introduction 162
B. History of Research 162
I. Running 163
II. Sailing 163
C. Analysis 166
I. Aeneid 5 – Introduction 167
II. Aeneid 5 – Overview 168
III. Aeneid 5 – 2 Clement 7 170
D. Prizes for Liturgists 173
E. Conclusion 175
Chapter Eleven: Evaluating Masculinity : The Quintus Incident in Light of the Second Sophistic 178
A. Introduction 178
B. History of Scholarship 180
C. Evidence 183
D. Art of Antithesis: Polycarp versus Quintus 184
E. Creating the Antitype 185
I. Elitism 185
II. Phrygia 186
III. Public Performance 190
F. Conclusion 191
Chapter Twelve: Travelers and Christ-Mongers in Didache 12:1–5 194
A. Introduction 194
B. History of Scholarship 194
C. Structural Analysis of Didache 11–13 197
D. ???????? 203
E. Conclusion 207
Chapter Thirteen: Epistle of Barnabas and Secession through Allegory 210
A. Introduction 210
B. History of Research 213
C. ???????? 215
D. ????????? 217
E. Typology 217
F. Allegory versus Typology 218
G. Summation 220
H. Barnabas and the Allegorical Method 220
I. Knowledge 222
J. Knowers or “Gnostics” 223
K. Epistemology 224
L. Allegorical Approach and the Historical Continuum Controversy 226
I. Barnabas 4:6b–8 226
II. Barnabas 14:4b–5 229
M. Conclusion 230
Chapter Fourteen: Diognetus and the Topos of the Invisible God 232
A. Introduction 232
B. Ancient Topos 233
C. History of Scholarship 234
D. Exegetical Analysis 236
I. Cleanthes’s Hymn to Zeus 236
II. Pseudo-Aristotle, De mundo 237
III. Wisdom of Solomon 238
IV. Romans 1:18–32 239
V. Acts 17:23–31 239
VI. Summation 239
E. Exegetical Analysis 240
I. Epistle to Diognetus 240
II. Comparative Analysis 244
F. Conclusion 245
Chapter Fifteen: Somatic Effects of Irascibility in Hermas, Mandates 5.1.3 (33.3) 246
A. Introduction 246
B. Status Quaestionis 247
C. Ancient Medical Texts and Mandates 249
D. Anger 250
E. Mandates of Hermas 252
F. Mandate 5 (33.1) 255
G. Mandate 10 (41.2): Function of ???? 260
H. Mandate 10.3 (42) 261
I. Summation 261
J. Conclusion 262
Bibliography 264
Dictionaries and Standard Reference Works 283
Index of References 286
Hebrew Bible and Septuagint 286
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha 288
New Testament 288
Apostolic Fathers and Other Early Christian Literature 292
Other Authors and Sources 298
Index of Modern Authors 307
Index of Subjects 314

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• ISBN-10: 3-16-155196-6 / 3161551966
• ISBN-13: 978-3-16-155196-3 / 9783161551963