Proceedings of a conference held Apr. 12-13, 2007 at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-427) and indexes.
Reconstructing the social and religious milieu of Matthew: methods, sources, and possible results / Reconstructing the social and religious milieu of James: methods, source, and possible results / Reconstructing the social and religious milieu of the Didache: observations and possible results / Didache, Matthew, James -- and Paul: reconstructing historical developments in Antioch / Transformations of post-70 Judaism: scholarly reconstructions and their implications for our perception of Matthew, Didache, and James / Jewish Christianity, a state of affairs: affinities and differences with respect to Matthew, James and the Didache / Apostles, teachers and evangelists: stability and movement of funtionaries in Matthew, James and the Didache / Ideal community according to Matthew, James, and the Didache / Poverty and piety in Matthew, James and the Didache / Problems with pluralism in the second temple Judaism: Matthew, James, and the Didache in their Jewish-Roman milieu / Love command in Matthew, James and the Didache / Ethics in the letter of James, the gospel of Matthew, and the Didache / Paraenesis and baptism in Matthew, James and the Didache / David C. Sim -- Oda Wischmeyer -- Jürgen K. Zangenberg -- Magnus Zetterholm -- Peter Tomson -- Joseph Verheyden -- Jonathan Draper -- Wim J.C. Weren -- John S. Kloppenborg -- Jesus tradition in Matthew, James and the Didache: searching for characteristic emphasses / Jens Schröter -- J. Andrew Overman -- Matthias Konradt -- Patrick J Hartin -- Law and ethics in Matthew's antithesis and James's letter: a reorientation of Halakah in line with the Jewish two ways 3:1-6 / Huub van de Sandt -- Alistair Stewart-Sykes -- Prescence and absence of a prohibition of oath in James, Matthew and the Didache and its significance for contextualization / Martin Vahrenhorst -- Purity in Matthew, James and the Didache / Boris Repschinski.