Pure sacrifice in Didache 14 as Jewish Christian exegesis
The central concern of Didache 14 is not so much the eucharist as the preservation of the purity of the community. A reading of this text as a form of aggadah in a Christian Jewish community, based on interpretation of a Scriptural text, reveals affinities with both the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2008, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-252 |
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| Summary: | The central concern of Didache 14 is not so much the eucharist as the preservation of the purity of the community. A reading of this text as a form of aggadah in a Christian Jewish community, based on interpretation of a Scriptural text, reveals affinities with both the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic instructions. The tripartite structure of the text distinguishes between sins committed against God and sins committed against a fellow member of the community, followed by a Scriptural justification. While transgressions against God can be settled between God and the individual concerned (by sacrifice, prayer, fasting and good works), offences against the neighbour can only be settled with that person's public consent and by restitution (among other things by the restoration of honour). Reparation and reconciliation in the case of an offence against the neighbour must be obtained before an offering to God can be acceptable. The exclusion of offenders from the eucharistic meal of the Didache is based on a spiritualized understanding of temple purity as extended to the whole community in a fashion comparable to the Qumran yahad and the Pharisaic haburah. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83325 |