Epistle of Barnabas
- Composed
- after 70; late 1st or early 2nd century
- What it is
- Anonymous treatise attributed to Barnabas
- Language
- greek
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His life beside those who lived in his time, from the year 50 to 200.
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What it is
An anonymous treatise, attributed in antiquity to Barnabas, that reads the Old Testament typologically and allegorically in a Christian key. It was included in Codex Sinaiticus and cited as Scripture by some Alexandrian writers, but did not enter the canon.
- Region
- Egypt
- Language
- Greek
- Type
- Anonymous treatise attributed to Barnabas
- Composed
- after 70; late 1st or early 2nd century
His writings
1 writing, c. 70–135
c. 70–135