The Apostolic Fathers, Volume II: Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas PDF
Preview The Apostolic Fathers, Volume II: Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas
THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB 1911 EDITED BY JEFFREY HENDERSON THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS II LCL 25 THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS EPISTLE OF BARNABAS PAPIAS AND QUADRATUS EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY BART D. EHRMAN HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS LONDON, ENGLAND 2003 Copyright © 2003 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2002032744 CIP data available from the Library of Congress ISBN 0-674-99608-9 CONTENTS EPISTLE OF BARNABAS 1 PAPIAS AND QUADRATUS 85 EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS 121 THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS 161 INDEX OF BIBLICAL CITATIONS 475 EPISTLE OF BARNABAS INTRODUCTION The Epistle of Barnabas was a popular writing in some cir cles of early Christianity. Although anonymous, it came to be ascribed to the companion of the apostle Paul men tioned in Acts, and was treated as Scripture by church Fathers as early as Clement of Alexandria. It eventually came to be included among the writings of the New Testa ment (along with the Shepherd of Hermas) in one of the most important early New Testament manuscripts, Codex Sinaiticus. The history of Jewish-Christian relations might have been quite different had the Epistle of Barnabas been finally admitted into the canon. Among all our earliest Christian writings it is the most virulently anti-Jewish in its message, arguing that it is Christians, not Jews, who are heirs of the covenantal promises made to the patriarchs of Israel, that the "Old Testament" (the Jewish Bible) is a Christian not a Jewish book, and that, as a result, the Jews have always adhered to a false religion. Overview The book appears to be a treatise placed in the frame work of a letter (see chs. 1,21). It clearly divides itself into two parts. The first (chs. 1-17) comprises a series of argu- 3
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