New Essays on the Apostolic Fathers

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This volume comprises fifteen new essays on the Apostolic Fathers with a focus on the letters of Clement. An introductory essay investigates the role of seventeenth-century librarians in the origination of the collection's title. Five essays concern 1 Clement, exploring its relationship to 1 Corinthians, its generic classification, the discussion of "Christian education" (1 Clem. 21:8), the golden calf tradition, and the well-known legend of the regeneration of the phoenix. Three essays treat aspects of 2 Clement, including problems with recent translations of chapter 1, the motif of the barren woman in chapter 2, and the analogy of faith as a race in chapter 7. One study probes the Quintus incident in Martyrdom of Polycarp 4 as emblematic of the literary and cultural conventions of second-century sophism. Another study considers protection against exploitation of Christian generosity by visitors in Didache 12. Another contribution investigates the precise nature of allegory in the Epistle of Barnabas. A short piece on the Epistle of Diognetus argues that the ancient moral-philosophical topos of the invisible God is at work in this text; and, a final essay explores the popular second-century medical theory behind Hermas's presentation of ὀξυχολία ("irascibility") in Mand. 5.1.3 (33.3). The volume ranges widely within and beyond early Christian literature - from the streets of ancient Achaean and Asian πόλεις to the early modern libraries of Europe. Cover Acknowledgements Table of Contents Abbreviations and References Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: On the Invention of Patres Apostolici A. Introduction B. History of Research C. From Book Fair to Catalog I. Frankfurt Book Fair II. From Fair to Bookseller III. From Bookseller to Library 1. Thomas James 2. Thomas Hyde 3. Bookbinders and the Bodleian Catalog D. From Library to Papacy and Beyond I. Roman Catholics and Patristic Texts II. Protestants and Patristic Texts E. Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C. The Hyde-Fysher Catalog 1738 Chapter Three: Reception of First Corinthians in First Clement A. Introduction B. History of Scholarship C. Exegetical Analysis D. Style – Epistolary Elements E. Content – Literary Allusions I. 1 Corinthians as Rhetorical Artifact II. Parallels 1. Allusions to 1 Corinthians in 1 Clement a. Single Allusions i. 1 Clement 13:1 ii. 1 Clement 34:8 iii. 1 Clement 42:4 b. Allusion Clusters i. 1 Clement 37:3, 5 ii. Two Allusions to 1 Corinthians 4 1 Clement 3:3 1 Clement 7:1 iii. Three Allusions to 1 Corinthians 12 1 Clement 38:1 1 Clement 48:5 iv. Two Allusions to 1 Corinthians 13 1 Clement 55:2 1 Clement 49:5 v. Three Allusions to 1 Corinthians 15 1 Clem. 24:1, 5 F. Conclusion Chapter Four: 1 Clement as Pseudepigraphon A. Introduction B. Occasion C. Historical Circumstances D. Form and Function E. Conclusion Chapter Five: Παιδεία as Solution to Στάσις in 1 Clement A. Introduction B. Proof-texts and Commentary I. Proof-texts II. Authorial Commentary C. Conclusion Chapter Six: Golden Calf Incident in 1 Clement A. Introduction B. Background C. Exempla in the Peroratio I. Exempla Supporting Recommended Action 1. Exhortation to Repent 2. Exhortation to Accept Voluntary Exile 3. Exhortation that Reward is Outcome of Repentance D. Exempla in the Probatio I. Comparison of Exempla E. Conclusion Chapter Seven: “Where Their Worm Dieth Not”: The Phoenix Legend in 1 Clement 25 A. Introduction B. Greek Text and English Translation C. Parallel Literature D. Evidence E. Analysis F. Conclusion Chapter Eight: “Belittling” or “Undervaluing” in 2 Clem. 1:1–2? A. Introduction B. Greek Text C. History of Interpretation D. Recent Investigations E. Prologue in Context F. Proposed Translation G. Conclusion Chapter Nine: Two dispositiones in 2 Clement 2 A. Introduction B. History of Scholarship C. 2 Clement 2:1–7 D. Summation E. The “Two Dispositions” Motif I. Marcion II. Justin Martyr III. Tertullian F. Conclusion Chapter Ten: Sailing Past the Competition: Euergetism in 2 Clement 7 A. Introduction B. History of Research I. Running II. Sailing C. Analysis I. Aeneid 5 – Introduction II. Aeneid 5 – Overview III. Aeneid 5 – 2 Clement 7 D. Prizes for Liturgists E. Conclusion Chapter Eleven: Evaluating Masculinity : The Quintus Incident in Light of the Second Sophistic A. Introduction B. History of Scholarship C. Evidence D. Art of Antithesis: Polycarp versus Quintus E. Creating the Antitype I. Elitism II. Phrygia III. Public Performance F. Conclusion Chapter Twelve: Travelers and Christ-Mongers in Didache 12:1–5 A. Introduction B. History of Scholarship C. Structural Analysis of Didache 11–13 D. Παρόδιος E. Conclusion Chapter Thirteen: Epistle of Barnabas and Secession through Allegory A. Introduction B. History of Research C. Ὑπερβολή D. Ἀλληγορία E. Typology F. Allegory versus Typology G. Summation H. Barnabas and the Allegorical Method I. Knowledge J. Knowers or “Gnostics” K. Epistemology L. Allegorical Approach and the Historical Continuum Controversy I. Barnabas 4:6b–8 II. Barnabas 14:4b–5 M. Conclusion Chapter Fourteen: Diognetus and the Topos of the Invisible God A. Introduction B. Ancient Topos C. History of Scholarship D. Exegetical Analysis I. Cleanthes’s Hymn to Zeus II. Pseudo-Aristotle, De mundo III. Wisdom of Solomon IV. Romans 1:18–32 V. Acts 17:23–31 VI. Summation E. Exegetical Analysis I. Epistle to Diognetus II. Comparative Analysis F. Conclusion Chapter Fifteen: Somatic Effects of Irascibility in Hermas, Mandates 5.1.3 (33.3) A. Introduction B. Status Quaestionis C. Ancient Medical Texts and Mandates D. Anger E. Mandates of Hermas F. Mandate 5 (33.1) G. Mandate 10 (41.2): Function of λύπη H. Mandate 10.3 (42) I. Summation J. Conclusion Bibliography Dictionaries and Standard Reference Works Index of References Hebrew Bible and Septuagint Old Testament Pseudepigrapha New Testament Apostolic Fathers and Other Early Christian Literature Other Authors and Sources Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects