1 Clement as an Argumentative Text

Jacob N. Cerone is a doctoral candidate in New Testament at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He is an in-house editor of the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (de Gruyter, Berlin), Series Editor of Classic Studies on the Apostolic Fathers (Pickwick), and Series Editor of Patristic Essentials (Fontes Press). He is also a coeditor of the Apostolic Fathers Greek Reader (GlossaHouse) and Daily Scriptures (Eerdmans)David du Toit is Professor of New Testament (History and Literature of Early Christianity) at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He was awarded a doctoral degree (1996: Theios Anthropos. Zur Verwendung von θεῖος ἄνθρωπος und sinnverwandten Ausdrücken in der Literatur der Kaiserzeit, published 1997) as well as a Habilitation (2006: Der abwesende Herr. Narrative und geschichtstheologische Strategien im Markusevangelium zur Bewältigung der Abwesenheit des Auferstandenen) by the Humboldt University of Berlin. He is editor of the series WMANT and FoSub. His main research interests include early Christology, the Gospel of Mark, Early Christianity and Greco-Roman culture, semantics and lexicography of early Christian Greek, methodology in Historical-Jesus-research.Kathrin Hager is a doctoral candidate at the chair for New Testament at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and is pastor in the Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirchengemeinde Eckenhaid. From 2017–2023 she was an assistant to the chair of New Testament, first at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and then at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität. Her dissertation project focuses on the foundation of ethics in 1 Clement.

• Notes on Contributors1 First Clement as an Argumentative Text: IntroductionDavid du Toit2 Res publica restituta as the Premise of the Argument of 1 ClementL.L. Welborn3 The Rhetoric of Slavery and the Argument for Concord in 1 ClementJeremiah Bailey4 The Argumentative Function of the Gift: God’s Benefactions in 1 Clement 19:2–21:1Kathrin Hager5 Vindication and Admonition: The Argumentative Function of Wisdom 2:24 in 1 Clement 3–6Jacob N. Cerone6 The Narrative on Cain’s Fratricide (Genesis 4:3–8 LXX) in 1 Clement 3:4–4:7 and Its Aetiological Function in the ArgumentCilliers Breytenbach7 The Role (and Absence) of Genesis 1–4 in the Argument of 1 ClementDavid J. Downs8 A Grapevine’s Lesson for Imbeciles: “Miserable Are Those Who Waffle and Waver!”Argumentation in 1 Clement 23, 2 Clement 11, and Their Common SourceJames A. Kelhoffer9 Obedience to God in 1 Clement 13–14: The Spirit’s Commandment and the Lord’s Precepts as “Holy Words” to Be ObeyedPaul A. Hartog10 Argumentation in 1 Clement: A Consensualist ReadingTanja Forderer11 Metaphorical Argumentation in 1 Clement: The Life Journey and Competition MetaphorsJonathan Reichel12 Contested Space and Dangerous Places: Literary Space and Argumentation in 1 ClementDavid du Toit13 A Spatio-Rhetorical Examination of the Persuasive Strategies of 1 ClementHarry O. Maier14 With “Heart” and “Soul”: On Moral Anthropology and Its Argumentative Use in 1 ClementHermut Löhr15 Out of Order: Reading the Argument of 1 Clement in the Sequence of the Liturgical Cycle of Cambridge, University Library, Add. 1700Dan Batovici16 The Interpretation of Argumentative Structures in 1 Clement in Its Early Modern Editions and TranslationsPatrick BahlIndex