Epistle of Barnabas
Anonymous
Chapter 10
About this work
An anonymous Christian interpretation of Israel’s Scriptures that contrasts two ways of life and argues for a spiritual reading of covenant, commandments, worship, and biblical history.
- Author
- Anonymous
- Traditional attribution
- Barnabas, companion of Paul
- Date
- c. AD 80–120
- Origin
- Alexandria (often proposed)
- Genre
- Theological Treatise
Traditionally connected with Barnabas, but generally not regarded as written by Paul’s companion.
Chapter X.—Spiritual significance of the precepts of Moses respecting different kinds of food.
Now, wherefore did Moses say, “Thou shalt