Early Days of Christianity (an extended discussion), see especially Book V., chaps. xxvii., xxviii., §§5, 6; SIMCOX, Cambridge Greek Testament, volume on Revelation, Introduction.

Concerning the partition theories, see VÖLTER, Die Entstehung der Apokalypse, 2d ed.; VISCHER, Die Offenbarung Johannis als eine jüdische Apokalypse in christlicher Bearbeitung, in Gebhardt und Harnack, Texte und Untersuchungen, II., 3; WEIZSÄCKER, Das Apostolische Zeitalter, pp. 486-503, JÜLICHER, Einleitung in das Neue Testament, pp. 178-183; MILLIGAN, The Revelation of St. John, Appendices III. and IV., defends the unity of the book, and assigns it to the reign of Domitian; also SALMON, Introduction to the New Testament, 7th ed., Lecture XIV. In his first edition Salmon favored the earlier date.

There is much reason to believe that the Gospel of Mark was written not far from this period (66–70 A.D.), and that the Gospel of Matthew also was published either just before the destruction of Jerusalem, or not long after that event. The discussion of the evidence does not, however, fall within the scope of these notes.

NOTE 15.

THE LITERATURE OF THE YEARS 70-100 A.D. §§77-79.

The closing period of the Apostolic Age, from the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans till the death of the apostle John, is a period of great obscurity in the history of the church, and of scanty literature, if we may judge from that which has come down to us.

The only books of the New Testament that can with confidence be referred to this period proceed from two authors. The two narrative works of Luke, the Gospel and the Acts, were probably written in the first part of this period. The Gospel of John and his three short epistles probably belong to the latter portion of it. But the evidence for the exact determination of the dates of these several books is wholly lacking.

To this period also belongs the earliest Christian literature not included in the New Testament canon. The Epistle of Clement of Rome to the Corinthians is generally acknowledged to have been written about 96-98 A.D. The Epistle of Barnabas and the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles are also held by some to have been written before 100 A.D. This is the period, therefore, of transition from the literature which in due time became Canonical to that which is commonly known as Patristic.

INDEX OF SCRIPTURE PASSAGES

IN THE RECORDS AND LETTERS.

Indented references refer to the narrative passages taken from the speeches
and letters and inserted, either in the body of the section or at the bottom of the
page, at the point corresponding to the time of the events which they relate.

References in brackets indicate passages bracketed in the text.
Page figures indicate the page on which the given passage begins.