The Epistle of Barnabas: A Letter the Sub-Apostolic Church For Sale

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 11.06.2026
• Language: English
• Print length: 52 pages
• Dimensions: 12.7 x 0.3 x 20.3 cm
• Binding: paperback
• Author: Barnabas, St.

The Epistle of Barnabas: An Early Christian Letter on Christ in the Old Testament, with Introduction and AnnotationsWritten between 70 and 135 AD, the Epistle of Barnabas is one of the earliest Christian writings outside the New Testament. Preserved in Codex Sinaiticus alongside the books of the Bible itself, this remarkable letter was treasured by Clement of Alexandria and Origen, debated by Eusebius, and nearly lost to the medieval West before its rediscovery in the seventeenth century.In twenty-one short chapters, an anonymous teacher of the early church argues that the entire Old Testament, from circumcision and sacrifice to the scapegoat, the red heifer, and the sabbath, points forward to Jesus Christ. The letter closes with the famous \"Two Ways\" teaching, the way of light and the way of darkness, a moral catechism shared with the Didache.\"Understand therefore, children of gladness, that the good Lord manifested all things to us beforehand, that we might know to whom we ought to give thanks and praise for all things.\"This edition features:A complete English translation of all twenty-one chapters. A scholarly introduction covering authorship, dating, manuscript tradition, and theological themes. Substantive footnotes throughout, with source-critical notes on Old Testament citations, historical context, and cross-references to the Apostolic Fathers.Essential reading for students of early Christianity, the Apostolic Fathers, patristics, church history, New Testament backgrounds, early Christian theology, biblical typology, the Didache, Codex Sinaiticus, and the writings of the ante-Nicene church fathers.