Tag Archives: Didache

SBL 2010

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

I’ll be driving up from Macon to Atlanta to attend a little bit of this year’s Society of Biblical Literature meeting. Figuring out my Sunday schedule was fairly easy: In the morning I’ll be taking in the Early Jewish and … Continue reading →

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Repost: The New Testament Canon: The Least You Need to Know

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

I previously blogged about the Old Testament canon. Now I’d like to jot down some thoughts about the New Testament. 1. The Church Has Always Had a Bible. Jesus and all of his original followers were Jews. As such, they … Continue reading →

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The Earliest Liturgy: Developments

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

Patterns of Christian Meals In my previous post, I only discussed Christian meals that have an explicit Eucharistic element. Other sources are ambiguous, and scholars have debated for some time whether certain texts (e.g., the Didache) are describing the Eucharist … Continue reading →

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What Were Baptists Thinking?

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

Having laid out something of the biblical exegesis that informs the traditional understanding of baptism among Baptists, I’d like to distill a couple of important values this groundwork implies. In other words, what did Baptists think they were doing by … Continue reading →

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