A reader's lexicon of the Apostolic Fathers
By: Daniel B. Wallace, senior editor ; Brittany C. Burnette, editor ; Terri Darby Moore, editor
Publisher: Kregel Academic
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780825439490
Subjects: Biblical Greek language; Dictionaries; English; Fathers of the church
Description: "The apostolic fathers (late first century to mid second century) are early and important links to apostolic Christianity, although there is vigorous debate regarding their connection with the normative teachings of the primitive church. This new reference work, designed to be used alongside Michael Holmes's third edition of the Apostolic Fathers (Baker, 2007) makes these vital writings more accessible by providing students with contextually sensitive glosses of words that occur fewer than thirty times in the New Testament These definitions are presented in the order in which they occur in the texts, along with the frequency of the word in the book, to facilitate a seamless reading process. Thus, students of New Testament Greek will be able to more comfortably expand their studies to read the works of Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, the Shepherd of Hermas, Polycarp of Smyrna, Papias, and others. This work will spur many students of the New Testament to explore the writings of the apostolic fathers and wrestle with their content, theology, praxis, use of the New Testament, and devotion to the risen Lord."--Publisher's website.
Table of contents: title: First Clement; title: Second Clement; title: Ignatius to the Ephesians; title: Ignatius to the Magnesians; title: Ignatius to the Trallians; title: Ignatius to the Romans; title: Ignatius to the Philadelphians; title: Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans; title: Ignatius to the Polycarp; title: Polycarp to the Philippians; title: The Martyrdom of Polycarp; title: The Didache; title: The Letter of Barnabas; title: The Shepherd of Hermas; title: The Letter to Diognetus; title: The Fragment of Quadratus; title: The Fragments of Papias; title: The Traditions of the Elders.