The Didache, a Book Review, and the Christian Life
There is an early Christian document called known as, "The Didache. (did-ah-kay)" I read about it in high school and read it and discussed with my Roman Catholic friend Gilbert all those years ago. It has intrigued me ever since. My interest in it back then was arguing with Gilbert about baptism. My interest in it now is two fold:
- it gives insight into how we should understand the four gospels (as well as the rest of the New Testament)
- and it thus gives insight into how the early Christians understood how to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
I recently came across a book at Half-Price titled, The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary. The author is Aaron Milavec, an apparent polymath. He's a computer programmer, professor, SBL chair, and more obviously author. Any how the book review is below