Friday Scholarly Notes
7/12/24
Jefford, Clayton (Wilhite, Shawn J.) (2019). "Foreword." In The Didache: A Commentary. (11-14). Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. (Personal Library).
Jefford identifies three areas of concern to interpreters of ancient documents: first, an accurate reading of the text, second, an evaluation of the reliability of manuscripts, and third, an adequate understanding of the milieu in which the composition was initially used (Wilhite 2019, p. 11). Evaluation of Christian writings has the additional complication of ecclesiastical and theological customs. Particularly within non-canonical early Christian writings, Jefford considers the contextual questions to be difficult (Wilhite 2019, p. 11). In many instances, author, dating, and other issues of provenance are vague at best. Jefford finds this particularly problematic when studying the Didache (Wilhite 2019, p. 12).
7/12/24
Jefford, Clayton (Wilhite, Shawn J.) (2019). "Foreword." In The Didache: A Commentary. (11-14). Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. (Personal Library).
Jefford identifies three areas of concern to interpreters of ancient documents: first, an accurate reading of the text, second, an evaluation of the reliability of manuscripts, and third, an adequate understanding of the milieu in which the composition was initially used (Wilhite 2019, p. 11). Evaluation of Christian writings has the additional complication of ecclesiastical and theological customs. Particularly within non-canonical early Christian writings, Jefford considers the contextual questions to be difficult (Wilhite 2019, p. 11). In many instances, author, dating, and other issues of provenance are vague at best. Jefford finds this particularly problematic when studying the Didache (Wilhite 2019, p. 12).
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