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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)

Holmes M. W. (ed.), The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts & English Translations 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999)

Lightfoot J. B., The Apostolic Fathers: Part 2 Ignatius and Polycarp, vols. 1-3 (London: Macmillan, 1889, 1890; reprinted Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1989)

Staniforth M. (trans.), Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers, revised ed. by Andrew Louth (London: Penguin Books, 1987)

 
         
STUDIES
         
Barnard L. W., “The Background to Ignatius of Antioch” Vigiliae Christianae 17 (1963): 193-206
Bauer W., Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity , translated by Kraft and Krodel (Fortress Press, 1971)
Brent A., “Ignatius of Antioch and the Imperial Cult,” Vigiliae Christianae 49 (1998): 111-138
Brent A., “Ignatius of Antioch and Polycarp: The Transformation of New Testament Traditions in the Context of Mystery Cults,” in Gregory A. and Tuckett C., (eds.), Trajectories through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 325-349.
Brent A., Ignatius of Antioch: A Martyr-Bishop and the Origin of Episcopacy (New York: Continuum / T&T Clark, 2007)
Brown C. T., The Gospel and Ignatius of Antioch, Studies in Biblical Literature 12 (New York: Lang, 2000)
Chadwick H., “Ignatius of Antioch,” The Church in Ancient Society: From Galilee to Gregory the Great, Oxford History of the Christian Church (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 65-83.
Cross F. L. and Livingstone E. A., “Ignatius, St.” in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, third revised edition (Oxford: OUP, 2005)
Donahue P. J., “Jewish Christianity in the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch” Vigiliae Christianae (1978): 81-93
Foster P., “The Use of the Writings that Later Formed the New Testament in the Epistles of Ignatius of Antioch” in Gregory A. and Tuckett C., (eds.), The Reception of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers (Oxford: OUP, 2005), 159-186
Frend W. H. C. (2008 ), Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church (James Clarke & Co.)
Hammond Bammel C.P., “Ignatius Problems” Journal of Theological Studies 33 (1982) 62-97
Harland P. A., “Christ-Bearers and Fellow-Initiates: Local Cultural Life and Christian Identity in Ignatius’ Letters,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 11 (2003) 481-499
Harrill A. J., “Ignatius, Ad Polycarp 4.3 and the Corporate Manumission of Christian Slaves” Journal of Early Christian Studies 1 (1993): 107-142
Hill C., “Ignatius, “The Gospel,” and the Gospels” in Gregory A. and Tuckett C., (eds.), Trajectories through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 267-286.
Inge, W. R., Ignatius in The New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers (Oxford, 1905)
Jefford C. N., Reading the Apostolic Fathers: A Student's Introduction (Baker Academic, 2012)
Maier H. O., “The Politics of the Silent Bishop: Silence and Persuasion in Ignatius of Antioch” Journal of Theological Studies 55 (2004): 503-519
Maier H. O., “The Politics of Discord and Concord in Paul and Ignatius of Antioch” in Gregory A and Tuckett C., (eds.), Trajectories through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 307-327.
Maier, H. O., The Social Setting of the Ministry as Reflected in the Writings of Hermas, Clement and Ignatius (ESCJ 11; Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfred Laurier, 2002)
Marshall, J. W., The Objects of Ignagius’ Wrath and Jewish Angelic Mediators (Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2005)
Mitchell M. W., “In the Footsteps of Paul: Steps Along the Road to Canon in Ignatius of Antioch,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 14.1 (2006): 27-46
Myllykoski M., “Wild Beasts and Rabid Dogs: The Riddle of the Heretics in the Letters of Ignatius”, in Adna J. (ed.), The Formation of the Early Church (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 183; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005)
Reis D. M., “Following in Paul’s Footsteps: Mimesis and Power in Ignatius of Antioch” in Gregory A. and Tuckett C. (eds.), Trajectories through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 287-306
Richardson C, The Christianity of Ignatius of Antioch (New York: Columbia University Press, 1935)
Rius-Camps J., The Four Authentic Letters of Ignatius (Rome: Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1980)
Robinson T. A., Ignatius of Antioch and the Parting of the Ways: Early Jewish-Christian Relations (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2009)
Schoedel W. R., Ignatius of Antioch: A Commentary on the Letters, Hermeneia (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985)
Sullivan F. A., From Apostles to Bishops: The Development of the Episcopacy in the Early Church (New York: Paulist Press, 2001)
Trebilco P., The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004)
Trevett C. (1992), A Study of Ignatius of Antioch in Syria and Asia, Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity 29 (Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 1992)
Vall G., Learning Christ: Ignatius of Antioch and the Mystery of Redemption (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2013)