From Prophecy to Preaching: A Search for the Origins of the Christian Homily 978-9004116894

Table of contents :
Preface ............................................................................................ XI
Introduction ................................................................................. .
1. Prolegomena to a prehistory of Christian preaching ......... . 3
1.1. The external evidence for Christian preaching
before Origen ................................................................. . 6
1.1.1. Preaching at Corinth ........................................... . 7
1.1.2. Preaching and prophecy in Acts ....................... . ll
1.1.3. Developments in preaching and the church
in the first century ............................................... . 14
1.1.4. Developments in preaching and the church
in the second century ......................................... . 17
1.1.5. A conclusion concerning the beginning of
preaching ... ................. .... .. .................................... 22
1.2. The search for formal criteria ........................................ 23
1.2.1. A brief Forschungsgeschichte .............................. 24
1.2.2.
1.2.3.
1.2.4.
1.2.1.1. Reicke's form-criticism ............................ 24
1.2.1.2. McDonald's understanding of
preaching as paraklesis ............................ 27
1.2.1.3. Siegert's functional model of early
Christian communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.2.1.4. Wills, and other recent form-critics ..... .
An impasse and a possible way out ................. .
Synagogue preaching as a possible
31
39
background to early Christian practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
1.2.3.1. The proem form .................................... 40
1.2.3.2. Other homiletic forms in early
Judaism .................................................... 52
1.2.3.3. Jewish Scriptures and Christian
preaching .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . .. ........ .. . . .. . . .. . . . 57
Models of preaching in the wider Hellenistic
world ...................................................................... 58
1.2.4.1. The diatribe ............................................ 58
1.2.4.2. Protreptic ................................................ 68
1.2.4.3. The influence of epideictic displays ...... 72
1.2.4.4. Philosophical table-talk ........................ 75
1.2.4.5. "Preaching" in the Hellenistic
world ...................................................... 77
1.2.5. Formal models for preaching available
to Christians ........................................................ 78
1.3. A conclusion and a restatement of a hypothesis ........ 79
2. Preaching in the primitive church ...................................... 88
2 .1. The homily in a household setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 91
2 .1. 1. Pauline prophecy as domestic preaching 91
2.1.2. Hermas' revelation reports as domestic
preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 05
2.1.3. The prophecy of John of Patmos as
domestic and synagogal preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7
2.1.4. The survival of domestic prophetic Of.ttAia ...... 131
2.1.5. Preaching and the synagogalizing
community of I Peter .......................................... 133
2.1.6. Preaching in the household .............................. 139
2.2. Preaching in scholasticized communities .................... 140
2.2.1. Christian synagogal preaching in Luke-Acts ...... 140
2. 2. 2. Paraenesis and preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
2.2.2.1. The Epistle qf James as synagogue
homily? . .. .. .. .... .... .... ....... .. ... ............. .... .. 14 7
2.2.2.2. Hebrews as a A6yoc., napaKAT\O"ECOC., .......... 158
2.2.2.3. Paraenetic preaching in the
Pastoral Epistles .................................... l 70
2.2.2.4. II Clement a homily? ............................ 174
2.2.2.5. Paraenesis, preaching and
prophecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7
2.2.3. Preaching in the Christian schools of Asia ...... 190
2.2.3.1. Prophecy, exegesis and preaching
in the Johannine school ...................... 191
2.2.3.2. Papias £~ryf]crnc., of the Lord's
A6yta as preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 205
2.2.3.3. The prophetic communication of
Epistula apostolorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
2.2.3.4. Melito's Peri Pascha as preaching? ...... 221
2.2.3.5. In Sanctum Pascha as encomiastic
homily .................................................... 228
2.2.3.6. The prophecy of the Montanists as
Christian communication outside
IX
the mainstream .................................... 232
2.2.3. 7. Schools, Scripture and the
disappearance of prophecy in Asia .... 238
2.2.4. Scholastic preachers in Rome .......................... 239
2.2.4.1. Preaching in the school of Justin ........ 241
2.2.4.2. Preaching in the school of
Valentinus ... .. .. ....... ..... .. ....... .... .... .. .. .. .. .. 244
2.2.4.3. Preaching in the school of
Hippolytus . .. .. .. ..... ....... ....... .... .. ........ .. .. 249
2.2.4.4. Peter's sermon in Acta Petri
as typical preaching in scholasticized
households ...... .... ..... .. ... .... .... .. .... .......... 25 7
2.2.4.5. Scholasticization in Rome .................... 259
2.2.5. Preaching and prophecy in Tertullian's
Africa .................................................................. 260
2.2.6. The Alexandrian school tradition .................... 265
2.2. 7. The triumph of the school ................................ 269
3. Some conclusions .................................................................. 270
3.1. An underpinning hypothesis, from prophecy to
preaching ........................................................................ 270
3.2. Smyrna as exemplum ...................................................... 276
3.3. From homilia as converse to homilia as discourse 279
Bibliography .... .... .. .. .. .. ... .. .... ....... .. .. .. ....... .. ....... ... .. .... .... .... ......... 281
Index ............................................................................................ 297

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