396 Ora Deltner Foster, 



(13) Pol. V, 3 I Pt. 2 ; 11 



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 TO)V £;ciO-tj[j.iwv £v Tw x6(7[j.o), o'l [J.icov aiTivE? a-TpaTS'JovTat, xaTa 

 zacra £xiO-u[jia xaToc to-j Twsu^xaTO? ttjc 'J^u/Tj? 

 T-paTsysTai,. 



This is probabl}' a free quotation from I Peter, yet its close re- 

 lationship with such passages of Paul as Gal. 5 ; 16, 17, and Rom. 

 13 ; 14, render it somewhat doubtful. 



The foregoing study in the Epistle of Polycarp seems to justify 

 us, without further comment, though numerous other minor like- 

 nesses might be pointed out, in adopting Monnier's conclusion, 

 " L'epitre de Polycarpe aux PhiUppiens contient les citations les plus 

 expresses et les plus detaillees de l'epitre de Pierre, mais sans le 

 nommer comme I'auteur." (" La Premiere Epitre De L'Apotre 

 Pierre " p. 307). Eusebius is also responsible for the statement 

 that " Polycarp in his Epistle to the PhiUppians, still extant, 

 has made use of certain testimonies taken from the First Epistle of 

 Peter." Though Polycarp never mentions the name of Peter in 

 connection with the quotations there can be no doubt but that he 

 used the " First Epistle " that bears the Apostle's name. 



TEST AMENTA XIT PATRIAPCHARUM 



D 



Bigg, in basing the date of this document on the authority of 

 Sinker, who puts it in the latter part of the First Century or the 

 early part of the Second, gives it a voice in deciding our problem. 

 But if Professor Charles is right in dating the original in the closing 

 years of the Second Century B. C.^ there can be but little value in 

 its testimony, since the date of the Christian interpolations is much 

 more indefinite than the date of I Peter itself. (Cf . also the articles 

 by F. C. Conybeare and K. Kohler in the Jewish Encyclopedia.) The 

 Parallels between the two books may be due either to dependence by 

 the writer of I Peter on the earher Jewish document or to later Christian 

 interpolations from I Peter. At all events this book complicates 

 rather than helps to solve our problem. 



» Greek Version of the " Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs ", p. ix. 



