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  TEXTS & ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS  
 
The Kirsopp Lake 1965 Loeb edition of the Apostolic Fathers (Greek text and facing translation) is indexed here on the Early Church Texts website with links to the scanned text at archive.org. There is also the Greek text of Hermas with dictionary lookup links.
 
Camelot P. T. (ed.), Ignace d’Antioche: Lettres.  Lettres de Martyre de Polycarpe de Smyrne, 4th ed., Sources chrétiennes 10 (Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1969/1998)
Ehrman, B. D. (ed.), The Apostolic Fathers, Loeb Classical Library 24 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003)
Grant R. M., The Apostolic Fathers: A Translation and Commentary, Volume IV: Ignatius of Antioch (Camden, NH: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1966)
Hartog P. (ed.), Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp: Introduction, Text, and Commentary (Oxford Apostolic Fathers) (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Holmes M. W. (ed.), The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts & English Translations 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999)
Holmes M., The Apostolic Fathers in English (Baker Academic, 2006)
Jefford C. N. (ed.), The Epistle to Diognetus (with the Fragment of Quadratus): Introduction, Text, and Commentary (Oxford Apostolic Fathers) (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Lightfoot J. B., The Apostolic Fathers: Part 2 Ignatius and Polycarp, vols. 1-3 (London: Macmillan, 1889, 1890; reprinted Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1989)
Milavec A., The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary Michael Glazier, 2003)
Staniforth M. (trans.), Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers, revised ed. by Andrew Louth (London: Penguin Books, 1987)
Tuckett C. (ed.), 2 Clement: Introduction, Text, and Commentary (Oxford Apostolic Fathers) (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Varner, William, The Apostolic Fathers: An Introduction and Translation (T&T Clark , 2023)
 
         
STUDIES
         
 
Barnard L. W., Studies in the Apostolic Fathers and their background (Blackwell, 1966)
Foster P., The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers (T&T Clark Biblical Studies) (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2007)
Gregory A. and Tuckett C., (eds.), The New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers 2-Volume Set (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Inge, W. R., The New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers (Oxford, 1905)
Jefford C. N., Reading the Apostolic Fathers: A Student's Introduction (Baker Academic, 2012)
Jefford C. N., The Apostolic Fathers and the New Testament (Baker Academic, 2006)
Lawson J. A Theological and Historical Introduction to the Apostolic Fathers (Wipf & Stock Pub, 2005)
Maier H. O., The Social Setting of the Ministry as Reflected in the Writings of Hermas, Clement and Ignatius (Studies in Christianity and Judaism) (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002)
Milavec A., The Didache: Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50-70 C.E. ( Paulist Press, 2003)
Noll R. R., Christian Ministerial Priesthood: A Search for Its Beginnings in the Primary Documents of the Apostolic Fathers (International Scholars Publications, 1994)
O'Hagan A. P., Material Re-creation in the Apostolic Fathers (Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur) (Akademie-Verlag, 1968)
O'Loughlin, T. The Didache: A Window on the Earliest Christians ( Baker Academic, 2010)
Pardee N., The Genre and Development of the Didache: A Text-Linguistic Analysis (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2) (Mohr Siebeck, 2012))
Pratscher W. (ed.), The Apostolic Fathers: An Introduction (Baylor University Press, 2010)
Sandt H. Van de (ed.), The Didache (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum Ad Novum Testamentum) (Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2002)
Sandt, H. Van de, Matthew and the Didache: Two Documents from the Same Jewish-Christian Milieu? (Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2005)
Sandt, H. Van de and Zangenberg J. K. (eds.), Matthew, James, and Didache: Three Related Documents in Their Jewish and Christian Settings (Society of Biblical Literature Symposium) (Society of Biblical Literature, 2008)
Schwiebert J., Knowledge and the Coming Kingdom: The Didache’s Meal Ritual and its Place in Early Christianity (The Library of New Testament Studies) (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2008)
Torrance T. F. The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers (Wipf & Stock; Reprint edition, 1996, first published 1948)
Young S. E., Jesus Tradition in the Apostolic Fathers (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2) (Mohr Siebeck, 2011)