Studies on First Clement - Paperback

by William Wrede (Author), Jacob N. Cerone (Editor), Clare K. Rothschild (Foreword by)

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.