Date, composition and modern translations Didache

the title of didache in manuscript discovered in 1873

many english , american scholars once dated text late 2nd century ad, view still held today, scholars assign didache first century. document composite work, , discovery of dead sea scrolls manual of discipline provided evidence of development on considerable period of time, beginning jewish catechetical work developed church manual. additionally, apart 2 minuscule fragments, greek text of didache has survived in single manuscript, codex hierosolymitanus. dating document made difficult both lack of hard evidence , composite character. didache may have been compiled in present form late 150, although date closer end of first century seems more probable many. anonymous work, pastoral manual aaron milavec states reveals more how jewish-christians saw , how adapted judaism gentiles other book in christian scriptures. 2 ways section based on earlier jewish source. community produced didache have been based in syria.

the text lost, scholars knew of through writing of later church fathers, of whom had drawn heavily on it.

in 1873 in istanbul, metropolitan philotheos bryennios found greek copy of didache, written in 1056, , published in 1883. hitchcock , brown produced first english translation in march 1884. adolf von harnack produced first german translation in 1884, , paul sabatier produced first french translation , commentary in 1885.