Jews who believed in Jesus and Christians converted from the Gentiles before Paul’s missionary journeys according to historical witnesses
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2020-1-43-59
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to show how the Acts of the Apostles and the Didache characterize Jews who believed in Jesus and Greeks (including Greek-speaking Syrians) who already called themselves Christians, in the period preceding Paul’s missionary journeys, which began ca. 46 AD. To achieve that, the author sets outto consider various aspects related to the mission of the former to the latter in the period spanning the decade from ca. 35/36 to ca. 46 AD. Special attention is paid to the argumentation showing that Didache acts as the first monument of the Apostolic mission to the Gentiles, which appeared ca. 36 AD, but not later than 43 AD. Here one can find an evidence of what the author characterizes as the ipsissima doctrina Jesu (the authentic teaching of Jesus) and the disciplines of the early Christians.
About the Author
I. Pavlov
St. Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Innokenty Pavlov - Cand. of Sci. (Theology).
Bld. 3, Jerusalem St., Moscow, 109316
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Pavlov I. Jews who believed in Jesus and Christians converted from the Gentiles before Paul’s missionary journeys according to historical witnesses. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2020;(1):43-59. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2020-1-43-59
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