The Epistle of Barnabas
Classic translation
2nd c. · Letters · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
Cover art: The Avenue at Middelharnis — Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638–1709) (Wikimedia Commons (The National Gallery, London), Public domain)
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Contents
- 1. After the salutation, the writer declares that he would communicate to his…
- 2. The Jewish sacrifices are now abolished
- 3. The fasts of the Jews are not true fasts, nor acceptable to God
- 4. Antichrist is at hand: let us therefore avoid Jewish errors
- 5. The new covenant, founded on the sufferings of Christ, tends to our…
- 6. The sufferings of Christ, and the new covenant, were announced by the…
- 7. Fasting, and the goat sent away, were types of Christ
- 8. The red heifer a type of Christ
- 9. The spiritual meaning of circumcision
- 10. Spiritual significance of the precepts of Moses respecting different kinds…
- 11. Baptism and the cross prefigured in the Old Testament
- 12. The cross of Christ frequently announced in the Old Testament
- 13. Christians, and not Jews, the heirs of the covenant
- 14. The Lord hath given us the testament which Moses received and broke
- 15. The false and the true Sabbath
- 16. The spiritual temple of God
- 17. Conclusion of the first part of the epistle
- 18. Second part of the epistle. The two ways
- Chapter 19.—The Way of Light
- Chapter 20.—The Way of Darkness
- Chapter 21.—Conclusion