Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.27.1, pp. 159-207
 
The 'Epistle of Barnabas' and its Contemporary Setting
by L. W. Barnard, Leeds

Table of Contents

I. Judaism in Egypt 70-135 A.D.

159

1. Historical Background

160

2. Developments in Judaism

163

a) The Exegetical Method

165

b) Allegorical Interpretation

166

c) The 'Pesher' Method

166

d) The Religious Life

167

3. The Struggle with Christianity

169

II. Authorship and Date of the 'Epistle of Barnabas'

172

III. The 'Epistle' and the Tannaitic Catechism

180

IV. Christianity in the 'Epistle' and the 'Two Ways' Teaching

190

V. Recent Research

203
Bibliography 205

1. Editions

205

2. Studies

206
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