Abstract
Abstract Several recent studies on the eschatology of the Didache have concluded that the Didache maintains an entirely futurist eschatology. Following David Aune’s work, this article argues that the Didache’s eschatology, when understood in terms of the eucharistic prayers, is better described in realized or inaugurated terms. The two particular prayers in question concern the holy vine of David and the bread scattered upon the mountain. Both of these images, when understood against the backdrop of Old Testament and Second Temple theology, carry significant eschatological motifs, suggesting that the Didache is not restricted by futurist or strictly millenarian concerns. Instead, the Didache shows evidence of being a document whose community maintained both a participatory and anticipatory relationship to the kingdom of God.
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