This month, in cooperation with Colombo Theological Seminary Publications, we are glad to announce the final publication – in print, ebook, and online – of the Didache in Tamil and Sinhala.
The Didache, also known as The Lord’s Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations, is a short work, written in Koine Greek, during the earliest years of the Christian Church. The author and time of composition are not known, but most scholars date it to the first century AD, and perhaps as early as the 50s or 60s AD.
The contents may be divided into four parts. The first is the Two Ways: the Way of Life and the Way of Death (chapters 1-6). The second part includes instructions concerning food, baptism, fasting, prayer and the Lord’s Supper (chapters 7-10). The third part speaks of the ministry and how to treat apostles, prophets, bishops, and deacons (chapters 11-15). The final part (chapter 16) is an apocalyptic prophecy, which has much in common with the content of Matthew 24-25, Mark 13 and Luke 24.
We give thanks to God for the completion of this work, and for the partnership and cooperation of Colombo Theological Seminary, which have made possible the first global accessibility of this work. We look forward to producing more works of Early Christian literature in the near future.
To read the text online, click the following links:
Didache in Tamil
Didache in Sinhala
The print ready files are also available for download from the respective pages.
The book may also be purchased from Amazon.com and other booksellers, by referencing the ISBN numbers.
Tamil print ISBN: 9781960840066
Tamil epub ISBN: 9781960840080
Sinhala print ISBN: 9781960840035
Sinhala epub ISBN: 9781960840073