The Letter from Rome to Corinth from the Era of Domitian

Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930) was a world-renowned professor of church history at the Universities of Leipzig, Giessen, Marburg, and Berlin. His works History of Dogma (1895-1900), What Is Christianity? (1901), and New Testament Studies (1908-12) have left their mark on studies of both church history and the New Testament.Jacob N. Cerone is a doctoral candidate at the University of Erlangen-Nuremburg. He is the editor of Jörg Frey's Qumran, Early Judaism, and New Testament Interpretation (2019) and the ApostolicFathers Greek Reader: The Complete Edition (2019) and is a coeditor of The Pericope of the Adulteress in Contemporary Research (2016).

Many of Harnack's analyses and insights into 1 Clement retain their value in today's marketplace of historical inquiry. Cerone's adept translation has done a great service to Anglophone scholarship, by converting this wealth into usable currency. Critical readers will discover a worthy return on investment.Paul Hartog, Professor of Theology, Faith Baptist Theological SeminaryJacob Cerone's edition of Adolf von Harnack's seminal study of 1 Clement is an outstanding premiere to what promises to be an impressive series, Classic Studies on the Apostolic Fathers. From the characteristically erudite introduction to Harnack's essay by Prof. Larry Welborn, to the smooth translation of Harnack's influential 'farewell gift' to his church history students, to the four still-valuable articles on 1 Clement by Harnack appended to the essay, this volume shines with insight. For anyone interested in 1 Clement - which should be any student of early Christianity - this is a must-have volume.David J. Downs, author of Alms: Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early ChristianityThis fine little volume provides a clear and lucid rendering of a classic German study not widely known and only rarely used by English readers of 1 Clement. The vibrant contemporary style and careful sensitivity to von Harnack's original emphasis is admirable. Cerone's careful work is much appreciated, and serious students of the Apostolic Fathers do well to have this publication available for their own research.Clayton N. Jefford, Professor of Scripture, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology

• Series Foreword: Classic Studies on the Apostolic FathersPreface: Adolf von Harnack and 1 Clement, by Jacob N. CeroneAcknowledgments, by Jacob N. CeroneForeword: Harnack's Testament, by Larry WelbornPrefaceIntroduction1. The Transmission of the LetterThe Letter2. The Author3. Characteristics of the Letter and Its Religious Content4. The Sources of Clementine-Roman Christianity1. The Old Testament2. Christ and the Christian3. The Rational-Moralistic Idealism of the Age and Its Literary and Aesthetic FormsExcursus: The Political Stance5. The Struggle in Corinth over the Ecclesiastical Officials and the Order of the OfficeSection ISection IISection IIIExcursus: Is the Attitude of the Letter Specifically Roman?6. Problems That Have not yet Been Conclusively Investigated Posed by 1 Clement, Which Can Also Be Addressed in Seminars7. A Look at the Development of Church History, Which the Letter Grants and That Should Be Studied8. Concluding WordNotesAppendix I: The Recently Discovered Latin Translation of 1 ClementAppendix II: New Studies on the Recently Discovered Latin Translation of 1 ClementAppendix III: The First Letter of Clement: A Study to Determine the Character of the Oldest Form of Gentile ChristianityAppendix IV: The Epithet "Servant of God" Used of Jesus and Its History in the Ancient ChurchBibliographyIndex to 1 Clement by HarnackIndex of AuthorsIndex of SubjectsIndex of Ancient Sources