Knowledge and the Coming Kingdom The Didache`s Meal Ritual and Its Place in Early Christianity

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1. RITUAL AND HISTORY OF AN IDIOSYNCRATIC TRADITION Accounting for the Didache Ritual and History: A Marriage Proposal PART I: DIDACHE 9-10 AS RITUAL 2. THE LAST SUPPER TRADITION The Oral Tradition The Structure of the Oral Tradition The Mythical Location of the Supper Tradition The Textual Fixing of the Supper Tradition Matthew Luke The Supper Tradition in the Second Century Ignatius of Antioch John 6 Justin Ritual Sensibilities of the Tradition 3. THE LOGIC OF THE DID ACHE`S MEAL RITUAL The Structure of the Prayers The Concluding Eschatological Exclamations The Logic of the Fixed Elements The `Servant` as Revealer The Logic of the Variable Elements The Role of the Prophets Unknowns 4. THE DIDACHE-S MEAL RITUAL AND THE LAST SUPPER TRADITION 98 Two Ritual Paths 99 Prayer Conventions in Paul 104 Common Territory 107 Conclusions 110 PART II: THE DIDACHFS MEAL RITUAL IN HISTORY 111 5. THE ORIGINAL MILIEU OF DID ACHE 9-10 113 Preliminary: Traditional Jewish Elements in Didache 9-10 114 Instructions in the Didache 121 Sayings Collections 126 The `Synoptic Sayings Source` (Q) 126 The Gospel of Thomas 132 John: Affinity and Distance 137 Conclusions 145 6. RITUAL DYNAMICS IN THE DID ACHE`S TRADITIONS 148 The Meal Ritual and the Didache`s Redaction History 149 Stage One: Fasting, Baptism, Prayer and Meal 151 Stage Two: Concessions and Clarifications 162 Stage Three: The Confession of Sins 165 Stage Four: The Coptic Recension and the Stinoufi Prayer 169 The Ritual Process in a Developing Community 174 7. THE DIDACHFS MEAL RITUAL AND EARLY PRAYER TRADITIONS IN ROME AND ASIA MINOR 183 `Liturgical Compromises` 183 The Case of Luke-Acts 186 The Pais and the Doxology 190 Findings 200 Eucharistic Assemblies in Revelation 201 Prayer in Justin 204 Conclusions 207 8. THE INFLUENCE OF THE DIDACHFS RITUAL LOGIC IN EGYPT 208 Late Egyptian Evidence for the Influence of the Didache`s Eucharistic Tradition 208 Recycled Images 208 An Ascetic Meal Prayer 212 Early Egyptian Evidence 217 The Epistle of Barnabas 217 The Epistle to Diognetus 220 Valentinian Prayer 222 Clement of Alexandria The Case of Strasbourg Papyrus 254 Conclusions 9. THE END OF A TRAJECTORY Ritual Rivalries Apostolic Constitutions 7.25-26 Conclusions