The genre and development of the Didache
Subtitle: a text-linguistic analysis
By: Nancy Pardee
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 339; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 339.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9783161483981
Subjects: Didache; Criticism, interpretation; Textkritik; Textlinguistik; Gattungstheorie
Notes: Revised thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209)-and indexes.

In English, with some text in Greek.
Table of contents: title: The Didache and the question of genre. -- Introduction ;; title: Status quaestionis ;; title: The Didache as Church order : early research;; title: Origin of the term Church order and its application to the Didache;; title: Discussion of genre prior to the discovery of the Jerusalem manuscript;; title: Initial research on the Didache of H54;; title: Research at the turn of the nineteenth century;; title: The doctrina apostolorum and the two ways;; title: The Didache and the dead sea scrolls;; title: The genre of the two ways ;; title: Studies on composition, communication, and genre --; title: A text-linguistic analysis of the Didache.; title: Text-linguistic methodology; -- Introduction;; title: Text linguistics and early Christian literature;; title: Delimitating a text ;; title: The text of the Didache ;; title: Structurally delimiting the Didache of H54; -- Introduction;; title: Text-linguistic Abbreviations;; title: Presentation of delimitation;; title: Structural overview based on the text-linguistic analysis;; title: Communication levels;; title: Dramatis personae ;; title: The delimitation of the Didache : analysis in detail;; title: Text-levels 00ST/0ST : the titles of the Didache:; title: The titles of the Didache and their implications for Genre:; title: Text-external functional aspects of the incipit;; title: Text-level 1;; title: Text-level 2;; title: Text-level 3;; title: Text-level 4 --; title: The generic development and compositional history of the Didache.; title: The genre Didache ;; title: The structure of the Didache;; title: Text level 1;; title: Text level 2;; title: Text level 3;; title: The two ways section ;; title: A reconstruction of the development of the Didache;; title: Stage 1;; title: Stage 2;; title: Stage 3;; title: Stage 4 ;; title: The further development of the genre Didache --; title: Summary and conclusion.; title: Bibliography of works cited ;; title: Reference index ;; title: Modem author index ;; title: Subject index.