Andrew Gregory is Research Fellow, Keble College, Oxford, and Research Associate in the Faculty of Theology.Christopher Tuckett is Professor of New Testament Studies and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

• I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ; II. THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS ; The textual traditions of the Apostolic Fathers and the New Testament: a comparative evaluation ; What the text of the Apostolic Fathers tells us about the text of the New Testament in the second century ; The critical apparatus to the Greek New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers ; III. THE TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF THE WRITINGS THAT BECAME THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS ; What constitutes the use of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers? Reflections on method ; Didache ; 1 Clement ; Ignatius ; Polycarp, Philippians ; Letter of Barnabas ; 2 Clement ; Shepherd of Hermas

The Reception of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers is an important volume for all those who are interested in Christian origins, development of the NT canon, and the development of the early church and its ministry.