3. Subjects 287
16.4b-d b. The Appearance of the Antichrist 219 16.5 c. The Great Apostasy and the Preservation of the Faithful 221 16.6-7 d. The Revelation of the Three Signs of Truth 223
16.8 e. The Arrival of the Kyrios 226
Afterword 228 1. Editions and Commentaries 233 2. Editions of Writings Related to the Didache 234
3. Jewish Literature 235 Bibliography 4. Other Christian Literature 236 5. Gnostic Literature 236 6. Greco-Roman Literature 236 7. Secondary Literature 238 Select Bibliography from the Second Edition 252
1. Passages 255 2. Authors 280 3. Subjects 287 Indices / IX
Excursuses The "Two Ways"
Relationship to the Synoptics
Hermas and the Didache
The Text of 2.5
The Ideal of "Accept Whatever Comes"
Common Possessions
An Original Parenetic Epilogue *
Types of Water
Jewish Fasting Practices
The Text of the Lord's Prayer
Text of the Prayer
The Difficulties of 10.6
The Addition in the Coptic Version
The Crux of 11.11
Using Christ to Make a Living
The "Teacher"
The Didachist and Judaism
Kara^e/j-a
The Lost Conclusion
Foreword The name Hermeneia, Greek eppripeia, has been chosen as the title of the com mentary series to which this volume belongs. The word Hermeneia has a rich back ground in the history of biblical interpretation as a term used in the ancient
Greek-speaking world for the detailed, systematic exposition of a scriptural work.
It is hoped that the series, like its name, will carry forward this old and venerable tradition. A second, entirely practical reason for selecting the name lies in the desire to avoid a long descriptive title and its inevitable acronym, or worse, an unpronounceable abbreviation.
The series is designed to be a critical and historical commentary to the Bible without arbitrary limits in size or scope. It will utilize the full range of philological and historical tools, including textual criticism (often slighted in modern commen taries), the methods of the history of tradition (including genre and prosodic analysis), and the history of religion.
Hermeneia is designed for the serious student of the Bible. It will make full use of ancient Semitic and classical languages; at the same time, English translations of all comparative materials—Greek, Latin, Canaanite, or Akkadian—will be sup plied alongside the citation of the source in its original language. Insofar as pos sible, the aim is to provide the student or scholar with full critical discussion of each problem of interpretation and with the primary data upon which the discus sion is based.
Hermeneia is designed to be international and interconfessional in the selection of authors; its editorial boards were formed with this end in view. Occasionally the series will offer translations of distinguished commentaries which originally appeared in languages other than English. Published volumes of the series will be revised continually, and eventually, new commentaries will replace older works in brder to preserve the currency of the series. Commentaries are also being assigned for important literary works in the categories of apocryphal and pseudepigraphical works relating to the Old and New Testaments, including some of Essene or Gnostic authorship.
The editors of Hermeneia impose no systematic-theological perspective upon the series (directly, or indirectly by selection of authors). It is expected that authors will struggle to lay bare the ancient meaning of a biblical work or pericope. In this way the text's human relevance should become transparent, as is always the case in competent historical discourse. However, the series eschews for itself homiletical translation of the Bible.
The editors are heavily indebted to Augsburg Fortress for its energy and courage in taking up an expensive, long-term project, the rewards of which will accrue chiefly to the field of biblical scholarship.
The editor responsible for this volume is Harold W. Attridge of Yale University.
Frank Moore Cross Helmut Koester For the Old Testament For the New Testament Editorial Board Editorial Board June 1992 xi