Apostolic Fathers (was Didache)

Daniel L Christiansen dlc at multnomah.edu
Thu Aug 5 10:54:09 EDT 1999


"Maurice A. O'Sullivan" wrote:

>  From Amazon.com I take this:
>
> The Apostolic Fathers : Greek Texts and
>                   English Translations
>                   by Michael W. Holmes (Editor)
>                   List Price: $24.99
>                   Our Price: $19.99
>                   You Save: $5.00 (20%)
>
>                   Paperback (August 1999)
>                   Baker Book House; ISBN: 0801022258
>                   This item will be published in
>                   August 1999. You may order it now
>                   and we will ship it to you when it arrives.
>
> Anybody on the list seen this yet, or know anything about it?

    Since it is not yet available, of course, I also am unfamiliar with the book;
however, it is apparently a revision of Holme's 1992 volume.  The publisher claims
that it is an improvement on Lightfoot's study, making use of the approx 120 years
of textual research since that 5-volume set was printed.
    Certainly, an up to date treatment of the research is desirable, and it may very
well be a worthy complement to the earlier works.  On the other hand, I have to
wonder whether any single volume (620 pages) could really hope to replace
Lightfoot's 3,000-page treatment.
--
Daniel L. Christiansen
Department of Bible
Multnomah Bible College
8435 NE Glisan Street
Portland, OR  97220
(Also Portland Bible College, Prof of Biblical Languages)
e-mail: dlc at multnomah.edu





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