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The Apostolic Fathers represents the best and latest in German-language scholarship on the Apostolic Fathers—now available in this exclusive English edition. Crafted by an expert team of scholars, The Apostolic Fathers offers introductions to the works comprising this early Christian corpus, fully equipped with cutting-edge discussion of important topics including theological profiles,...

character despite the address to Gentiles in its “longer title,” and by the presence of a form of the Apostolic Decree in 6.2–3.24 In the absence of conclusive evidence either way, this seems the most plausible venue for the origin of the text to me. The closeness to Matthew and also to the Epistle of James25 is significant, since it places Did within the ambit of Christian Judaism.26 By this I understand a community (or group of communities) of Diaspora Jews who saw Jesus as the Messiah
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