Trajectories through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers

525 Pages·2006·2.06 MB·English

by  Andrew Gregory

TRAJECTORIES THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT
AND THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS
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Trajectories through
the New Testament
and the Apostolic
Fathers
Edited by
ANDREW F. GREGORY
CHRISTOPHER M. TUCKETT
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Preface
Theessaysandstudiesincludedinthesetwovolumesareintendedtoupdate,
to develop, and to widen the scope of the issues considered by members of
‘ACommitteeoftheOxfordSocietyofHistoricalTheology’intheirlandmark
andstillvaluablereferencebook,TheNewTestamentintheApostolicFathers.
That volume was published by the Clarendon Press in 1905, and it is to
acknowledge the importance of that famous book that these companion
volumes are published in its centenary year. The 1905 volume was very
much a product of Oxford, albeit by a number of scholars who may have
beenonthefringesofuniversitylife(asJohnMuddimanexplains,inTrajec-
tories through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers, p. 107); Kirsopp
LakeislistedamongthecontributorsasProfessorofNewTestamentExegesis
in the University of Leiden, but he was curate of the University Church of
StMary theVirgininOxforduntilhisappointmenttothatchairin1904.
Oxford connections remain important in these centenary volumes. Both
editors are members of the Oxford Theology Faculty, and these papers
representtheWrst-fruitsofanongoingresearchprojectontheNewTestament
andthesecondcenturythatissupportedbytheTheologyFaculty.Yetthereis
also a strong international dimension to the research presented in these
volumes, for the contributors are drawn from Belgium, Germany, Canada,
the USA, and South Africa, as well as from Oxford and elsewhere in the
United Kingdom. Many of the papers were presented and discussed at a
conference held at Lincoln College, Oxford, in April 2004; others were
writtensolelyforpublication.Butthiscollectionisbynomeansjustanother
ConferenceProceedings;allthecontributionsprintedherehavebeenthrough
theprocessofpeerreview thatiscustomary inacademicpublishing.
The chapters that appear in The Reception of the New Testament in the
ApostolicFathersoVeracomprehensiveandrigorousdiscussionoftheextent
towhichthe writings later included in theNew Testament were known, and
cited(oralludedto),by theApostolicFathers,andtheydosointhelightof
contemporaryresearchonthetextualtraditionsofbothcorpora.Thechapters
in Trajectories through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers are also
sensitivetotheseissues,butoVerarepresentativesampleofarangeofissues
thatariseinthecomparativestudyofthesetexts.Theycannotbecomprehen-
sive, because they address wider questions than those addressed in the
companion volume, but they advance contemporary discussion and under-
standingofeachoftheApostolicFathersandmuchoftheNewTestamentin
vi Preface
thewidercontextofChristianoriginsanddevelopmentintheWrstandsecond
centuries.
Both editors are glad to thank various people for their help in producing
these volumes. We are grateful to Hilary O’Shea, who brought the proposal
before the Delegates of Oxford University Press, and to Lucy Qureshi, who
saw the volumes through from their acceptance by the Press until their
publication. Dorothy McCarthy, Enid Barker, Amanda Greenley, Samantha
Griffiths, and Jean van Altena each helped us to keep to a tight production
scheduleandgavevaluableadviceonmanypointsofdetail.Particularthanks
areduetotheanonymousreaderwhoreadalargetypescriptwithgreatspeed
andequalcare,andoVeredanumberofhelpfulandincisivesuggestions.
OUP provided Wnancial support for our conference, as did the British
Academy, the Zilkha Fund of Lincoln College, Oxford, and the Theology
Faculty of Oxford University. We are glad to acknowledge the assistance of
each.AdamFranciscoprovidedindispensablehelpinrunningtheconference
website,whichalloweddelegatestoreadpapersinadvance,andwasofgreat
assistancethroughout the planning and administration of the conference, as
wereMelParrottandhercolleaguesatLincolnCollege.
Most importantly, both editors were overwhelmed by the support and
interest shown by such a range of international experts in the study of the
New Testament and early Christianity, and we are grateful to all who have
allowedustoincludetheirworkinthispublication.Wehopethatthatthese
volumeswillbecomeastandardreferenceworkformanyyearstocome,and
that they will provide a useful resource for future researchers in New Testa-
mentandPatristics.
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Contents
ListofContributors x
Abbreviations xiv
IntroductionandOverview 1
ANDREWF.GREGORYandCHRISTOPHERM.TUCKETT
PART I. PaulintheApostolicFathers 7
1. Paul’sInXuenceon‘Clement’andIgnatius 9
ANDREAS LINDEMANN
PART II. GospelTraditionsintheApostolicFathers 25
2. GospelsandGospelTraditionsintheSecondCentury 27
HELMUTKOESTER
3. TheGospelofLukeintheApostolicFathers:AnOverview 45
ARTHURJ.BELLINZONI
PART III. Christology intheNewTestamentandthe
ApostolicFathers 69
4. TheApostolicChristologyofIgnatiusofAntioch:TheRoadto
Chalcedon 71
THOMASG.WEINANDY
5. WisdomintheApostolicFathersandtheNewTestament 85
FRANCESYOUNG
PART IV. Church,Ministry,andSacramentsintheNewTestament
andtheApostolicFathers 105
6. TheChurchinEphesians,2Clement,andtheShepherdof
Hermas 107
JOHNMUDDIMAN
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7. TheApostolicFathersandInfantBaptism:AnyAdvanceonthe
ObscurityoftheNewTestament? 123
DAVIDF.WRIGHT
8. TheEucharistintheGospelofJohnandintheDidache 135
CARSTEN CLAUSSEN
9. ProphecyandPatronage:TheRelationshipbetweenCharismatic
FunctionariesandHouseholdOYcersinEarlyChristianity 165
ALISTAIRSTEWART-SYKES
PART V. TheDidache 191
10. Didache1.1–6.1,James,Matthew,andtheTorah 193
JOHN S.KLOPPENBORG
11. First-fruitsandtheSupportofProphets,Teachers,andthe
PoorinDidache13inRelationtoNewTestamentParallels 223
JONATHANA.DRAPER
12. SocialLocatorsasaBridgebetweentheDidacheandMatthew 245
CLAYTONN.JEFFORD
PART VI. Ignatius 265
13. Ignatius,‘theGospel’,andtheGospels 267
CHARLESE.HILL
14. FollowinginPaul’sFootsteps:Mime¯sisandPowerinIgnatius
ofAntioch 287
DAVIDM.REIS
15. ThePoliticsandRhetoricofDiscordandConcordinPauland
Ignatius 307
HARRYO.MAIER
16. IgnatiusandPolycarp:TheTransformationofNewTestament
TraditionsintheContextofMysteryCults 325
ALLENBRENT
PART VII. Polycarp,Letter tothePhilippians 351
17. LeadershipandSuVeringintheLettersofPolycarpandPaulto
thePhilippians 353
PETEROAKES
Contents ix
18. TheOpponentsofPolycarp,Philippians,and1John 375
PAULA.HARTOG
PART VIII. TheMartyrdomofPolycarp 393
19. TheNewTestamentandtheMartyrdomofPolycarp 395
BOUDEWIJNDEHANDSCHUTTER
20. TheMartyrdomofPolycarpandtheNewTestamentPassion
Narratives 407
MICHAELW.HOLMES
Bibliography 433
IndexofCitations 467
IndexofSubjects 491
IndexofModernAuthors 503