Apostolic Fathers, The

Michael W. Holmes

Baker Publishing Group, 2007 - Religion - 801 pages

Following the publication of his revised translations in The Apostolic Fathers in English, 3rd ed., Michael Holmes, a leading expert on these texts, offers a thoroughly revised and redesigned bilingual edition, featuring Greek (or Latin) and English on facing pages. Introductions and bibliographies are generous and up to date. In the textual apparatus, existing notes have been revised and expanded, and well over 200 new notes have been added. This handsome and handy one-volume, thin-paper edition will be an essential resource for students and scholars and a joy to book lovers.

Contents

• Introduction: 3
• First Clement: 33
• Second Clement: 132

About the author

Michael W. Holmes (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is executive director of the Scholars Initiative at the Museum of the Bible. He previously served as professor of biblical studies and early Christianity at Bethel University. Holmies is the author or editor of several books, including a commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians. 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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Apostolic Fathers, The
• Editor: Michael W. Holmes
• Edition: 3, illustrated
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group, 2007
• ISBN: 080103468X, 9780801034688
• Length: 801 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / History; Religion / Christianity / General; Religion / Christianity / History; Religion / Christianity / Literature & the Arts; Religion / General; Religion / History