Studies on First Clement

William Wrede, Jacob N. Cerone

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781725299443, 9781725299436
• eBook ISBN: 9781725299429
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: History of Christianity

Inspired by the advice of his former teacher and mentor, Adolf von Harnack, William Wrede committed himself to the task of writing a dissertation on 1 Clement, which was originally published under the title Untersuchungen zum 1. Clemensbrief and has now been published here in English translation for the first time under the title Studies on 1 Clement. In this volume, Wrede investigates the ecclesiastical structure of the early church as well as the significance and function of the Old Testament in 1 Clement. Though overshadowed by his later work, The Messianic Secret, Wrede's work on 1 Clement served as a tempered and solid basis for later investigations of the letter, even when those investigations part ways with Wrede's conclusions.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Series Foreword
• Preface by Jacob N. Cerone
• Acknowledgments by Jacob N. Cerone
• Foreword by Clare K. Rothschild
• Acknowledgments by William Wrede
• I. The Conditions of the Corinthian Church Presupposed in 1 Clement
• II. First Clement and the Old Testament
• Appendix 1: Theses Which Were Published with the Approval of the Theological Faculty for the Attainment of the Theological Licentiate at the Georg-Augusts-University in Göttingen
• Appendix 2: Adolf von Hilgenfeld’s Review of Studies on 1 Clement
• Appendix 3: Adolf Jülicher’s Review of Studies on 1 Clement
• Appendix 4: William Wrede’s Review of Der erste Clemensbrief. Untersucht und herausgegeben by R. Knopf
• Appendix 5: Letters from William Wrede to Adolf von Harnack
• Bibliography