Apostolic
Fathers, The: Greek Texts and English Translations
Author: Michael W. Holmes, ed.
Edition: Paperback
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
Number of Pages: 640
Publication Date: Dec. 99
Description: The Apostolic Fathers, the earliest
extant Christian writings outside the New Testament, are a primary
resource for the study of early Christianity. These writings provide
significant and unparalleled insight into the Christian movement
during a critical transitional stage in its history. This updated
edition of Holmes's 1992 Greek-English diglot edition of The
Apostolic Fathers is arguably the best collection of these
writings available.
In 1992 Michael Holmes systematically reviewed the Greek (and in
a few instances the Latin) texts originally edited by J. B.
Lightfoot and J. R. Harmer in 1891. While Lightfoot and Harmer
produced a magnificent work for their time, advances in the past
century, including new manuscript discoveries, dictate that their
work be updated. Holmes provided that updated edition complete with
a critical apparatus to substantiate his textual decisions.
Now a paperback edition with further refinements makes Holmes's
work available again to the scholarly community. This edition
features updated introductions to the various writings, enhanced
bibliographies with additional entries for the specialist, and in
some cases additional textual witnesses.
The introductions to each ancient document, the bibliographies,
and the textual notes make this volume essential for the serious
study of early Christianity. Scholars, research libraries, and
students of the Apostolic Fathers will welcome this updated edition.
Review of the 1992 edition:
"The text, translation, and notes which Holmes has provided
manage to transform the work of a previous generation of scholarship
into a useful resource for the modern study of the Apostolic
Fathers. I gladly welcome this second edition and believe it
represents a worthy and contemporary revision of the old
Lightfoot-Harmer volume. This text undoubtedly should be recognized
as a superior collection of materials when placed in comparison with
the commonly used edition of the Apostolic Fathers that was
published by Kirsopp Lake." --Clayton N. Jefford, Journal of
Early Christian Studies |
