From the Lost Teaching of Polycarp

Identifying Irenaeus' Apostolic Presbyter and the Author of "Ad Diognetum"
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-16-148699-9
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 186, 207 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

This book significantly expands our understanding of the life and work of Polycarp of Smyrna. Part One establishes that the anonymous "apostolic presbyterquot;, whose oral teaching is cited intermittently by Irenaeus in Against Heresies 4.27.1 through 4.32.1, is in fact Polycarp. The fragments of teaching preserved by Irenaeus shed valuable light upon his relationship with Polycarp, establishing that Irenaeus' contact with his teacher was neither fleeting nor shallow. They also reveal Polycarp's important role in opposing the early effects of the Marcionite movement and gain a valuable perspective on Polycarp's Old Testament hermeneutic in the face of ecclesiastical controversy. Part Two considers the many links which would tie Polycarp to the work known as Ad Diognetum. Charles E. Hill proposes that the work is not a treatise but the transcript of an oral address. A new proposal is made for the identity of Diognetus, the addressee, based upon archaeological evidence of an aristocratic Smyrnaean family of the second century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hill, Charles E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Theologenbiographien, Religiöse Führer

Über Autor(innen)

Hill, Charles E.
Born 1956; 1989 Ph. D.; Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida.