Traditions of the early church

Does anyone know a good resource, or know what traditions Paul was referencing here

1 Corinthians 11:2 (ESV) — 2 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.

2 Thessalonians 2:15 (ESV) — 15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

2 Thessalonians 3:6 (ESV) — 6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

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Graham Criddle

Hi Blair

You could try a Basic search in your library for where those verses are referenced near the word "tradition"

The results you will get will depend on your library. One of the ones I noted when I did this was from the "New Dictionary of Biblical Theology":

The apostolic Jesus tradition included not only his words (1 Cor. 7:10; 9:14), but also the story of his life, interpreted in the light of OT prophecy and retold at the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:23–25). Some of the apostles’ basic ethical teaching was also recognized as authoritative tradition (1 Cor. 11:2; 2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6; cf. Acts 16:4). At an early stage salvation history was summarized in credal formulas (1 Cor. 15:3–5; Phil. 2:6–11; Rom. 1:3–4, etc.). Many of these developed traditions seem to be part of ‘the teaching of the apostles’ (Acts 2:42) from the Jerusalem church in the years between the resurrection of Jesus (30 AD) and the persecution under Agrippa I (41–44 AD). The basics of Christian belief and conduct were taught in connection with baptism (*cf. Rom. 6:17), but also in other community gatherings (*cf. 1 Cor. 4:14–17). Against the Corinthians, who thought they possesed higher divine wisdom through the Holy Spirit, Paul had to uphold the revelation of God in Christ by defending his apostolic authority and the received tradition of the community (1 Cor. 1–4; 11; 15; 2 Cor. 3–5). In 1 Corinthians 11:23 and 15:3 he used Jewish terminology for the ‘delivering’ (paradidomai) and ‘receiving’ (paralambanein) of a tradition, terminology found also in the Mishnah, the first official written collection of the rabbinic oral laws. This shows that with respect to their tradition the early Christians used common Jewish methods, as Jesus had done. The Pastoral Epistles stress the importance of the apostolic tradition, which they call ‘a received good’, Greek parathēkē (1 Tim. 6:20; 2 Tim. 2:12, 14), over against new teachings. According to the letter of Jude ‘the faith delivered once for all to the saints’ (Jude 3) is something complete and identifiable.

T. Desmond Alexander and Brian S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001).

Hope this gives you somewhere to start

Graham

Blair Laird

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/194400#Comment_194400

Thanks.. it's hard because you come up with so many results(25,428 results). That's why I was hoping there was a book dedicated to the subject, but I dont think there is.I also tried searching for specific passage <1 Corinthians 11:2>, that seemed to come up with pretty good results. Logos 4 has the feature to search for the topic instead of all text, but it does not work. Makes me almost want to install libronix 3...

Paul Golder

Does anyone know a good resource, or know what traditions Paul was referencing here

2 Thessalonians 3:6 (ESV) — 6 Now
we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in
accord with the tradition that you received from us.

There is also the immediate context:

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

2 Thessalonians 3:6–12

NetworkGeek

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/194404#Comment_194404

Do a Basic Search for "Oral Tradition". Much was taught orally before anything was reduced to writing by the Scripture authors, You'll find quite a few excellent resources pop right to the top, and it's actually a "Topic" within Logos.