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Epistle of Barnabas
Interprets Israel's scriptures christologically and frames discipleship through a moral contrast between two ways of life.
Anonymous early Christian authorlate 1st to early 2nd century2nd century
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- Category
- Apostolic Fathers
- Genre
- Epistle
- Tradition
- Cross-Tradition
- Region
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Original language
- Greek
- Date certainty
- Range
Historical context
Manuscript context
This text is represented here through direct Greek witness material associated with Anonymous early Christian author and its circulation in Eastern Mediterranean. Approved translation support is available in English, Spanish, and Indonesian.
Themes
Controversies
- Judaizing debates
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Primary translation
www.newadvent.org · Source quality: Primary · Last checked: 2026-03-01
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web.archive.org · Source quality: Archive · Last checked: 2026-03-01
Original language witnesses
Witness status: Direct witness
Open normalized witness textΒαρνάβα ἐπιστολή
License: CC BY-SA 4.0