Editor's Foreword Preface Introduction: History and Text of the Didache The Prominence and Decline of the Didache in Early Christianity The Text of the Didache Composition and Purpose of the Didache The Eschatological Conclusion of the Didache The Evangelical Section (Did 1:3b-2:1) Date and Provenance The Jewish Source of Didache 1-6: The Two Ways The Contents of the Two Ways Section in Did 1-6 The Didache Form of the Two Ways Tradition and the Tradition's Ancestry Other Forms of the Two Ways Tradition in Early Christian Literature Toward the Earlist Form of the Two Ways Tradition in Early Christian Literature The Influence of the Two Ways in Christian Literature The Early Christian Period The Merovingian and Carolingian Period A Reconstruction of the Two Days The Doctrina Apostolorum A Reconstruction of the Greek Two Ways The Two Ways as a Jewish Document The Dualistic Setting of the Two Ways The Two Ways in its Essene and pre-Essene Form The Various Traditional Materials Preserved in the Greek Way of Life Traditional Derekh Erets Materials Preserved in the Whole of the Greek Two Ways The Tractate of the Greek Two Ways in its Jewish Setting II. THE DIDACHE'S PLACE IN EARLY JUDAISM AND NASCENT CHRISTIANITY The Two Ways and the Sermon on the Mount The Preamble (Matt 5:3-16) and Conclusion (7:13-27) of the Sermon on the Mount The Statements of Principle (Matt 5:17-20) and the so-called Antitheses (5:21-48) Conclusion A Jewish-Christian Addition to the Two Ways (Did 6:2-3) Introduction Did 6:2-3 in a Wider Perspective Conclusion: Did 6:2-3 The Didache's Ritual: Jewish and Early Christian Tradition (Did 7-10) Baptism (Did 7) Fasting and the Lord's Prayer (Did 8) Eucharist (Did 9-10) The Didache Community and its Jewish Roots (Did 11-15) The Literary Composition of Didache 11-15 Teachers, Apostles, Prophets and the Milieu of the Didache Community Didache 11-15 and its Jewish Roots Abbreviations Bibliography Indices.