The Church in Antioch in the First Century CE Communion and Conflict

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ISBN: 9780567083821 | 0567083829
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Copyright: 7/30/2004

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The book explores the problems faced by the church in Antioch in the mid-first century CE once the decision was taken to welcome Gentiles into the church. Slee argues that a particular problem was the celebration of the Eucharist, since some Jewish Christians felt that the table-fellowship this involved inevitably brought the risk of contamination (because of Gentile contact with idolatry). She suggests this was the subject debated at the Jerusalem conference described in Acts 15 and Galatians 2, and it was the eventual decision of the Antioch church to hold separate Eucharists that led to Paul's break with the church (Gal 2:11-14). Thus even at the end of the first century CE the Antioch church was still divided on the issue.

Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Aims and Objectives	p. 1
The Importance of the City of Antioch in the History of the Church	p. 1
History of Research	p. 3
A Consideration of Terms Used in the Study	p. 7
Outline of the Study	p. 10
Gentiles in the Early Church and the Conflict in Antioch: The Evidence from Acts and Galatians
The Conflict Between the Hellenists and the Hebrews in Jerusalem	p. 12
Introduction	p. 12
The Source of the Conflict	p. 12
Jewish and Gentile Tablefellowship	p. 17
Summary	p. 23
An Examination of the Jewish-Gentile Church in Antioch	p. 24
Introduction	p. 24
An Examination of the Possibility of Gentile Salvation according to First Century CE Judaism	p. 25
Summary	p. 35
The Jerusalem Conference and the Incident in Antioch	p. 36
Introduction	p. 36
The Decision of the Jerusalem Conference	p. 36
The Incident in Antioch: Galatians 2.11-14	p. 42
Excursus: Luke's Use of the Decree and Letter in Acts 15	p. 50
Summary	p. 51
The Didache
An Examination of the Place of Composition and Date of the Didache	p. 54
Introduction	p. 54
Place of Composition	p. 55
The Date of the Didache	p. 57
Summary	p. 76
An Examination of Didache 1-10 in Light of the Situation in Antioch	p. 77
Introduction	p. 77
An Examination of the Two Ways Tradition in Didache 1-6	p. 77
The Purpose of the Two Ways Tradition	p. 78
The Didachist's Redactions of the Two Ways Tradition: A Consideration of 1.3b-2.1	p. 81
The Didachist's Redactions of the Two Ways Teaching: A Consideration of 6.3	p. 83
An Examination of the Prohibition on Idol Food (Didache 6.3)	p. 87
Didache 6.2-3: A Witness to the Pre-Lukan Source Used in Acts 15?	p. 87
Didache 1-6 as Pre-Baptismal Catechetical Instruction	p. 90
Chapter 8: The Polemic against the Hypocrites in Light of the Didachist's Concern with Gentiles in his Church	p. 91
The Meal Prayers of Didache 9-10	p. 94
The Didachist's Redaction of the Eucharist Prayers of his Church in Light of the Gentile Situation in Antioch	p. 98
Summary	p. 100
An Examination of Didache 11-16	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
The Local Leaders of the Didachist's Church: An Examination of 15.1-2	p. 101
An Examination of the Household Structure and Role of the Patron in the Early Church	p. 102
The Leadership Crisis in the Didachist's Church	p. 106
The Identity of the Opponents in Chapter 11	p. 109
Summary	p. 115
The Gospel of Matthew
The Place of Composition and the Date of the Gospel	p. 118
Introduction	p. 118
The Location of the Gospel of Matthew	p. 118
The Date of the Gospel of Matthew	p. 122
Summary	p. 125
The Place of Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew	p. 126
Introduction	p. 126
Negative Statements concerning the Gentiles	p. 126
The Place of the Law in Matthew	p. 136
Gentiles and the Torah according to the Gospel of Matthew	p. 140
Summary	p. 145
Authority Figures in the Matthean Community	p. 146
Introduction	p. 146
Hierarchy in the Matthean Community	p. 146
Summary	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 156
Summary	p. 156
Developments in the Church through the Centuries	p. 162
Bibliography	p. 165
Index of References	p. 202
Index of Authors	p. 211
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