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Michael F. Bird - Scott D. Harrower (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers (Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2021).

Abstract

"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"--Publisher description.

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.

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