Writing during the same period were the unnamed authors of works known as The Didache, the Epistle of Barnabas,

Another writer who demeaned Scriptural truth was the author of the Epistle of Barnabas. He interpreted the Mosaic Law as if it were mere allegory. According to him, clean animals​—chewers of the cud with split (cleft) hooves—​represented people who meditate on, or chew over, God’s Word. The split hoof, said the writer, symbolized that the righteous man “walks in this world” while at the same time looking forward to life in heaven. Such interpretations are not based on Scripture.​—Leviticus 11:1-3.