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: The Two Ways material appears to have been intended, in light of 7. 1, as a summary of basic instruction about the Christian life to be taught to those who were preparing for baptism and church membership.

In its present form it represents the Christianization of a common Jewish form of moral instruction.

Similar material is found in a number of other Christian writings from the first through about the fifth centuries, including the Epistle of Barnabas, the Didascalia, the Apostolic Church Ordinances, the Summary of Doctrine, the Apostolic Constitutions, the Life of Schnudi, and On the Teaching of the Apostles ( or Doctrina ), some of which are dependent on the Didache.

The interrelationships between these various documents, however, are quite complex and much remains to be worked out.