Ignatius of Antioch: A Commentary on the Seven Letters of Ignatius

Foreword
Preface
Reference Codes
1. Sources and General Abbreviations
2. Short Titles
Introduction
1. The Letters of Ignatius in the Christian
Tradition
1.1 The Theological Role of the
Letters of Ignatius
1.2 The Three Recensions
1.3 The Modern Consensus
1.4 Challenges to the Consensus
2. Literary Character of the Letters of
Ignatius
2.1 Epistolary Form
2.2 Ignatius' Rhetoric
2.3 Semi-Credal Patterns and Hymnic
Elements
2.4 Quotations and Allusions
3. Historical and Social Context
3.1 Ignatius and the Church in Antioch
3.2 Ignatius' Journey as History and as
Theater
3.3 Boundaries Within the Church
3.4 Ignatius' Self-Effacement
3.5 The Church and Hellenistic Society
3.6 Ignatius and Rome
4. Religious and Intellectual Background
4.1 Ignatius and the Mystery Religions
4.2 Ignatius and Gnosticism
4.3 Ignatius and Jewish Christianity
4.4 Ignatius and Hellenistic Judaism
4.5 Ignatius and Popular Hellenistic
Culture
5. Ignatian Themes
5.1 God
5.2 Incarnation
5.3 Eucharist
5.4 Unity
5.5 Ministry
5.6 Flesh and Spirit
5.7 Flesh and Blood
5.8 Faith and Love
5.9 Hope
5.10 Passion and Resurrection
5.11 Beginning and End
5.12 Attaining God
5.13 Imitation
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Ephesians
Magnesians
Trallians
Romans
Philadelphians
Smyrnaeans
Polycarp
Bibliography
1. Commentaries
2. Studies
Indices
1. Passages
(a) Old Testament and Apocrypha
(b) Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and
Other Jewish Literature
(c) New Testament
(d) Early Christian Literature and the
Ancient Church
(e) Greek and Latin Authors
2. Greek Words
3. Subjects
4. Modern Authors