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Barnabas letter (Greek: Βαρναβα επιστολη, Latin: Epistula Barnabae) - an anonymous Greek text, formerly attributed to Saint. Barnabie, belonging to the group of writings of the apostolic fathers. Until the fourth century, e. he was counted among the canonical books (Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and the Sinai Codex). Only Eusebius of Caesarea and Hieronim questioned his canonicity. This is not a letter in the literary sense, but a kind of catechesis, but of a quite personal nature. It was created between 70 (contains a mention of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem) and 200 (because it is remembered by Klemens Alexandria). Dating for about 130 years is most often accepted. Perhaps the site of the uprising was Alexandria, as the use of allegory, which is characteristic of local writings, speaks. The whole has 21 chapters. The author showed a thorough knowledge of the Old Testament, but he interprets it in the spirit of extreme anti-Judaism and expresses his conviction that God ...