Matthew Brown Riddle

Name: Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice — Section 3
Author: Matthew Brown Riddle

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Matthew Brown Riddle (1836-1916) published works such as Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice — Section 5, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice — Section 4 and Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice — Section 3. These writings evoke Barnabas, Teaching and document.

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ As regards the doctrine, polity, usages, and ethics expressed and implied in the Teaching, the reader can judge for himself. The writer is of the opinion that the work represents, on many of these points, only a very small fraction of the Christians during the second century, and that, while it casts some light upon usages of that period, it cannot be regarded as an authoritative witness concerning the universal faith and practice of believers at the date usually assigned to it. ”

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ In the case of Barnabas, the resemblances can be accounted for (a) by accepting the priority of the Teaching, or (b) by assuming a common (earlier and unknown) source, or (c) by accepting the priority of Barnabas, and assuming such corruptions in the Greek copy of the Teaching as will account for the supposed marks of its priority. Despite the general adoption of (a) , there remains a strong probability that (b) is the correct solution of the problem. ”

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ All patristic scholars welcomed his work, which bore every mark of care and learning; showing the results of his contact, as a student, with German methods. Bishop Lightfoot and many others at once made use of this new material. The remaining contents of the Codex were named in the volume of Bryennios, and some interest awakened by the mention of the Teaching. The learned Metropolitan furnished new readings from other parts of the Codex to German scholars. At the close of 1883 he published in Constantinople the text of the Teaching, with prolegomena and notes. ”

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ Jewish-Christian tendencies are not sufficiently indicated to warrant the assumption of a polemical aim. [6] The document has been assigned to Alexandria, to Antioch, to Jerusalem; indeed, many other places have been named. In favour of the Syrian origin is the literary connection with the Apostolic Constitutions, while the correspondences with the Epistle to Barnabas suggest Egypt as the locality. If the Teaching and Barnabas have a common basis, e.g., the Duæ Viæ, the last may be assigned to Egypt, and the Teaching, in its present form, to Syria. ”

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ The value for purposes of textual criticism is also great. IV. is the Teaching, the value of which is discussed below. V. and VI. both belong to the Ignatian literature, and furnish new readings, which have already appeared in the editions of Funk (Opera Patr. Apost., ii., Tübingen, 1881) and Lightfoot (Epistles of St. Ignatius, London and Cambridge, 1885) . ”

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ The amount of matter is not so great as that of the Sermon on the Mount.
The peculiarities of language are marked, but can only be indicated here in footnotes. They point to a period of transition from New-Testament usage to that of ecclesiastical Greek. The citations from the Scriptures resemble those of the Apostolic Fathers. The Gospel of Matthew is most frequently used, especially chaps. ”

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ Occasionally explanations and comments have been inserted. In dealing with this, as with most other books, the best method of study is historico-exegetical. To read the book intelligently is better than to read about it. ”

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ In the Babel of conflicting opinions, it is best to notice first the obvious internal phenomena. The first part of the Teaching (now distinguished as chaps. i.-vi.) sets forth the duty of the Christian ”

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Matthew Brown Riddle, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Introductory Notice… (1885)

“ Eusebius (d. 340) of Cæsarea, in the famous passage of his history (iii. 25) which treats of the canonical books of the New Testament, names among the “spurious” works (νόθοι) “the so-called Teachings of the Apostles” (τω̑ν ἀποστόλων αἱ λεγόμεναι διδαχαί) . ”

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