Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Updated Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
Select Bibliography
First Clement
Introduction
Text and Translation
Second Clement
Introduction
Text and Translation
The Letters of Ignatius
Introduction
To the Ephesians
To the Magnesians
To the Trallians
To the Romans
To the Philadelphians
To the Smyrnaeans
To Polycarp
The Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians
Introduction
Text and Translation
The Martyrdom of Polycarp
Introduction
Text and Translation
The Didache
Introduction
Text and Translation
The Epistle of Barnabas
Introduction
Text and Translation
The Shepherd of Hermas
Introduction
Visions
Commandments
Parables
The Epistle to Diognetus
Introduction
Text and Translation
Fragments of Papias
Introduction
Fragments of Papias
Additional Fragments from Irenaeus
Index of Subjects and Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
Maps

About the Author

Michael W. Holmes (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical studies and early Christianity at Bethel University. A leading scholar of the Apostolic Fathers, he is currently writing a major critical commentary on Polycarp's Letter to the Philippians and The Martyrdom of Polycarp, and (with David de Silva) a substantial introduction to the Apostolic Fathers.