Michael F. Bird is Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia and Senior Research Fellow with the Australian College of Theology. He is author of several books including The New Testament in its World (co-authored with N.T. Wright), Paul and the Second Century (co-edited with Joseph Dodson), and The Gospel of the Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus. Scott D. Harrower is lecturer in early church history and theology at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. He has published articles on Syrian Christianity, comparative hagiography, and Augustine of Hippo, as well as books on women in the early church and the Trinity. He is also co-editor of Cascade's Studies in Early Christology.

'The essays are uniformly informative and accessible, and the book is nicely indexed. This collection should be particularly helpful to advanced students of Christian origins and related history … Recommended.' P. K. Moser, Choice Connect

• Intriguing and Enigmatic: Apostolic Fathers Themselves, and Current Research on Them Scott Harrower; 1. The Roman Empire in the Era of the Apostolic Fathers MICHAEL J. SVIGEL; 2. The Image of Jews and Judaism in the Apostolic Fathers Philip Alexander; 3. Second Century Diversity David E. Wilhite; 4. The Jesus Tradition in the Apostolic Fathers STEPHEN E. YOUNG; 5. The Text of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers Paul Foster; 6. The Reception of Paul, Peter, and James in the Apostolic Fathers BEN EDSALL; 7. Between Ekklēsia and State: The Apostolic Fathers and the Roman Empire Andrew Gregory; 8. Church, Church Ministry, and Church Order David J. Downs; 9. The Apostolic Mothers Clare K. Rothschild; 10. One and Two Clement Janelle Peters; 11. THE LETTERS OF IGNATIUS Jonathon Lookadoo; 12. Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp Paul A. Hartog; 13. Didache Clayton N. Jefford; 14. The Epistle of Barnabas Reidar Hvalvik; 15. The Shepherd of Hermas as Early Christian Apocalypse Dan Batovici; 16. The Epistle to Diognetus and the Fragment of Quadratus Michael F. Bird and Kirsten H. Mackerras; 17. The Fragments of Papias Stephen Carlson.