<ti>ORTHODOXY AND HERESY IN EARLIEST CHRISTIANITY</>

by <au>Walter Bauer</>
[German original, copyright J.C.B.Mohr, Tu%bingen, 1934]

Second German Edition
ed and supplemented by <ed>Georg Strecker</>
[Copyright J.C.B.Mohr, Tu%bingen, 1964]

English Translation
ed and supplemented by <ed>Robert A. Kraft</>
and <ed>Gerhard Kroedel</>
with a team from the
Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins
[Copyright Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1971]

Updated Electronic English Edition
by <ed>Robert A. Kraft</>
[Copyright Robert A. Kraft, 10 April 1993]

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<h1>Contents</>
Foreword to the Second German Edition, by <au>Georg Strecker</> xi
Introduction to the English Edition, by <au>Robert A. Kraft</> xiii

ORTHODOXY AND HERESY IN EARLIEST CHRISTIANITY
by <au>Walter Bauer</>

Introduction, ET by <ed>Robert A. Kraft</> xxi

1. EDESSA, ET by <ed>John E. Steely</> (text) and
<ed>Robert A. Kraft</> (notes) 1


2. EGYPT, ET by <ed>David Hay</> 44


3. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH AND POLYCARP OF SMYRNA;
MACEDONIA AND CRETE, ET by <ed>Gerhard Krodel</> 61


4. ASIA MINOR PRIOR TO IGNATIUS
ET by <ed>Gerhard Krodel</> 77


5. ROME AND CHRISTIANITY OUTSIDE OF ROME
ET by <ed>Stephen Benko</> 95


6. ROME'S PERSUASIVE AND POLEMICAL TACTICS
ET by <ed>Robert F. Evans</> 111



7. THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN ORTHODOXY AND HERESY:
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES
ET by <ed>David Steinmetz</> 130

Types of Confrontation: Oral and Written Polemics 130-132
The Montanist Controversy as an Example 132-146

8. THE USE OF LITERATURE IN THE CONFLICT
ET by <ed>Howard Bream and Robert L. Wilken</> 147

• Preservation of the Literature
  
• Problem of Identifying Polemical Literature 147-148
  
• The Evidence from Eusebius and His Special
  
• Pleading for "Orthodox" Literature 149-158
  

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• 9. THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE LORD, AND THE APOSTLES
  ET by <ed>Paul J. Achtemeier</> 195
  
  Old Testament: Its Role as a Formative Influence 195-202
  Lord: Traditions about Jesus in General, 202-206
  and the Fourth Gospel in Particular 206-212
  Apostles: In General, 212-213
  and Paul in Particular 213-228
  
  10. THE BEGINNINGS, ET by <ed>John E. Steely and</>
  <ed>John J. O'Rourke</> 229
  
  Centrality of Rome for Christian "Orthodoxy" and
  Its Victorious Expansion Eastward 229-232
  Early Resistance to Christianity in the East and
  the Course of the Pauline Mission 232-235
  Flexibility, Recalcitrance, and Syncretism:
  The Situation that Paved the Way for
  Roman Orthodoxy 235-240
  

APPENDICES
<au>by Georg Strecker</>

1. ON THE PROBLEM OF JEWISH CHRISTIANITY
ET by <ed>Gerhard Krodel</> 241

Jewish Christianity in General: Problems and
Perspectives 241-244
Legalistic, Greek-Speaking Jewish Christianity
The <ts>Didascalia</>, an Indirect Witness 244-257
The <ts>Kerygmata Petrou</> Source of
the ps.-Clementines 257-271
The Ecclesiastical Attitude and "Ebionism" 272-284
Conclusions 284-285

2. THE RECEPTION OF THE BOOK
<hi>revised and augmented by <ed>Robert A. Kraft</></> 286

Reviews and Notices of the Original Edition:
Continental Protestant, English Language,
Roman Catholic, Synthetic Summary of the
Reviewers' Comments 286-297
Turner's Reply to Bauer 297-302
General Influence of the Book 302-303
Ehrhardt's Positive Appraisal 303-306
Contemporary German Scholarship 306-308
Summary and Prospectus 308-316

Comprehensive Index 317
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