Epistle of Barnabas
Anonymous
Chapter 12
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 XII.—The cross of Christ frequently announced in the Old Testament.
In like manner He points to the cross of Christ