This post is part of an ongoing series examining the function and use of scripture in the early Christian writing known as 1 Clement. This project investigates how Clement employed composite citations of Jewish and Christian writings, particularly the synoptic tradition, to support his arguments for proper Christian theology and practice. In doing so, thisContinue reading “Scripture in 1 Clement: Place in Scholarship”
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Scripture in 1 Clement: Introduction
Making sense of conceptions of scripture during the earliest years of Christianity is no easy task. The relative scarcity of evidence from this period is made even more difficult by the non-systematic form of many early Christian writings and the literary practices of the time, where authors used sources without formal (or clear) introductions, regularlyContinue reading “Scripture in 1 Clement: Introduction”
Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Paranetic Women in 1 Clement (Part II)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. 1 Clement 12.1-8[1] Διὰ πίστιν καὶ φιλοξενίαν ἐσώθη Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη…. 3. ἡ οὖν φιλόξενος Ῥαὰβ εἰσδεξαμένη αὐτοὺς ἔκρυψεν εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον ὑπὸ τὴν λινοκαλάμην…. 7. καὶ προσέθεντο αὐτῇ δοῦναι σημεῖον, ὅπως ἐκκρεμάσῃ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς κόκκινον, πρόδηλον ποιοῦντες ὅτιContinue reading “Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Paranetic Women in 1 Clement (Part II)”
Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Paranetic Women in 1 Clement (Part I)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining Women in the Apostolic Fathers. Women’s voices are not directly heard in First Clement, although a number of women do appear as characters in Clement’s exhortations to the Corinthian church. While Trevett argues that Clement singled out the “uppity women” of Corinth, this seems unlikely forContinue reading “Women in the Apostolic Fathers: Paranetic Women in 1 Clement (Part I)”
Pursuing Veritas 