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The Didache A Commentary on the Didache Copyright © 1998 Augsburg Fortress This book is a translation of Die Didache, Kommentar zu den Apostolischen Vatern, published 1989 by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Gottingen. Copyright ©
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[Didache. English] The Didache : a commentary / by Kurt Niederwimmer ; translation by Linda M. Maloney ; edited by Harold W. Attridge. p. cm. — (Hermeneia — a critical and historical commentary on the Bible) Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-8006-6027-7 (alk. paper) 1. Didache. I. Attridge, Harold W. II. Title.
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