The Apostolic Fathers, Volume II: Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas

The Apostolic Fathers, Volume II: Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas

by Harvard University Press
ISBN-10:
0674996089
ISBN-13:
9780674996083
Pub. Date:
12/15/2003
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10:
0674996089
ISBN-13:
9780674996083
Pub. Date:
12/15/2003
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
The Apostolic Fathers, Volume II: Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas

The Apostolic Fathers, Volume II: Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas

by Harvard University Press

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Overview

Enduring and influential early Christian texts.

The writings of the Apostolic Fathers give a rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after New Testament times. Some of them were accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early Church. This new Loeb edition of these essential texts reflects current idiom and the latest scholarship.

Here are the Letters of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, among the most famous documents of early Christianity; these letters, addressing core theological questions, were written to a half dozen different congregations while Ignatius was en route to Rome as a prisoner, condemned to die in the wild-beast arena. Also in this collection is a letter to the Philippian church by Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and friend of Ignatius, as well as an account of Polycarp’s martyrdom. There are several kinds of texts in the Apostolic Fathers collection, representing different religious outlooks. The manual called the Didache sets forth precepts for religious instruction, worship, and ministry. The Epistle of Barnabas searches the Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, for testimony in support of Christianity and against Judaism. Probably the most widely read in the early Christian centuries was The Shepherd of Hermas, a book of revelations that develops a doctrine of repentance.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674996083
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 12/15/2003
Series: Loeb Classical Library , #25
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 496
Product dimensions: 4.25(w) x 6.38(h) x 1.00(d)
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

About the Author

Bart D. Ehrman is Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Table of Contents

Epistle of Barnabas

Papias and Quadratus

Epistle to Diognetus

The Shepherd of Hermas

Index of Biblical Citations

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