The Cambridge companion to the Apostolic Fathers / edited by Michael F. Bird, Ridley College, Scott D. Harrower, Ridley College.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bird, Michael F., editor.

Harrower, Scott D., editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to religion.

Cambridge companions to religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apostolic Fathers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 372 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers offers an informative introduction to the extant body of Christian texts that existed beside and after the New Testament known to us as the apostolic fathers. Featuring cutting-edge research by leading scholars, it explores how the early Church expanded and evolved over the course of the first and second centuries as evidenced by its textual history. The volume includes thematic essays on imperial context, the relationship between Christianity and Judaism, the growth and diversification of the early church, influences and intertextuality, and female leaders in the early church. The Companion contains ground-breaking essays on the individual texts with specific attention given to debates of authorship, authenticity, dating, and theological texture. The Companion will serve as an essential resource for instructors and students of the first two centuries of Christianity.

Contents:

Introduction: Intriguing and enigmatic: the Apostolic Fathers and current research / Scott D. Harrower

The Roman Empire in the era of the Apostolic Fathers / Michael J. Svigel

The image of Jews and Judaism in the Apostolic Fathers / Philip Alexander

Second-century diversity / David E.Wilhite

The Jesus tradition in the Apostolic Fathers / Stephen E. Young

The text of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers / Paul Foster

The reception of Paul, Peter, and James in the Apostolic Fathers / Benjamin Edsall

Between ekklēsia and state: the Apostolic Fathers and the Roman Empire / Andrew Gregory

Church, church ministry, and church order / David J. Downs

The Apostolic Mothers / Clare K. Rothschild

1 and 2 Clement / Janelle Peters

The Letters of Ignatius / Jonathon Lookadoo

Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp / Paul A. Hartog

Didache / Clayton N. Jefford

The Epistle of Barnabas / Reidar Hvalvik

The Shepherd of Hermas as early Christian apocalypse / Dan Batovici

The Epistle to Diognetus and the fragment of Quadratus / Michael F. Bird and Kirsten H. Mackerras

The fragments of Papias / Stephen C. Carlson.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 May 2021).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781108673792

1108673791

9781108662826

110866282X

9781108554992

1108554997