Studies on First Clement

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.

Author Biography

William Wrede (1859-1906) was a professor of the New Testament at the University of Breslau. He is best known for his work on the Gospel of Mark entitled The Messianic Secret, which remains a mainstay in Historical Jesus Studies, as well as his work entitled Paul.

Jacob N. Cerone is a doctoral candidate at the university of Erlangen-Nuremburg. He is co-author of Daily Scriptures: 365 Readings in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, the editor of Strack and Billerbeck’s A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash and Adolf von Harnack’s The Letter of the Roman Church to the Corinthian Church from the Era of Domitian: 1 Clement, and co-editor of the Apostolic Fathers Greek Reader.