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By Kenneth Berding

ISBN-10: 1498240976

ISBN-13: 9781498240970

ISBN-10: 1532616929

ISBN-13: 9781532616921

Who have been the Apostolic Fathers? What did they care approximately? Why did they write what they wrote? The Apostolic Fathers: a story Introduction is the main enticing creation to Apostolic Fathers you'll ever learn. think what it might be wish to ask Polycarp concerning the files that have been composed in the course of his lifetime. you do not have to visualize to any extent further. located through the ultimate week of Polycarp's existence, those fictional dialogues will introduce you to the earliest Christian files after the time of the apostles. you are going to come to understand Clement, Ignatius, Hermas, Papias, and others. Freshly translated excerpts from the writings themselves are integrated after each one chapter.

"Berding's event of residing in Smyrna, the house of Polycarp, serves him good as he brings to existence its well-known bishop. The tales of the church leaders who as soon as sat on the ft of apostles are little recognized regrettably. optimistically Berding's quantity will rectify that. All Christians will take pleasure in this inventive retelling of the tales of Polycarp and the opposite apostolic fathers in addition to the readable translations in their writings."
--Mark Wilson, Founder/Director, Asia Minor learn Center

"Berding's old novelization brings characters to lifestyles, placing flesh and bones on a skeletal framework of early Christianity. via a creativity rooted in useful scholarship, he attracts readers into the socio-historical global of the Apostolic Fathers. His narrative creation is either stress-free and informative, either imaginitive and insightful. the fictitious storyline is a spoonful of sugar, however the pedagogical nourishment is substantial."
--Paul Hartog, Professor of Christian concept, religion Baptist Theological Seminary

Kenneth Berding is Professor of latest testomony and Early Christianity at Talbot tuition of Theology, Biola collage. he's the writer of Polycarp and Paul: An research in their Literary and Theological courting in gentle of Polycarp's Use of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Literature.

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