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title: 'The Idiom and Vocabulary of the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Philip Schaff'
date: 1885-06-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Bible and Canon'
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 6'
- '1 Corinthians 11'
- 'Revelation 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/schaff-1885-the-idiom-and-vocabulary-of-the-teaching-of-the-twelve-apostles
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# The Idiom and Vocabulary of the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

Schaff analyzes the Didache's vocabulary, idiom, and age, finding a Hellenistic Greek with Hebraisms and dating the document to c. A.D. 80–100, linked closely to Matthew's tradition.

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