The Didache: Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50-70 C.E.

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The Didache: Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50-70 C.E. By Aaron Milavec. New York and Mahwah, N.J.: The Newman Press, 2003. xxxviii + 984 pp. $64.95 (cloth).

Except for the Gospel of Thomas, the Didache is probably the most widely known non-canonical work of earliest Christianity. The Didache is a fascinating document, representing, Aaron Milavec argues, "the preserved oral tradition detailing the step-by-step training of gentile converts being prepared fo...

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