Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Apostolic Fathers

If you loved The Apostolic Fathers by Bart D. Ehrman, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Biblical Criticism & Interpretation, Ancient & Classical, New Testament, and Christianity.

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Top related books to The Apostolic Fathers

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of The Apostolic Fathers.

Ancient Fiction and Early Christian Narrative

Judith Perkins

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • Ancient & Classical • New Testament

The Soul and Spirit of Scripture Within Origen’s Exgesis

Elizabeth Ann Dively Lauro

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • Ancient & Classical • New Testament

Studies In The Apocalypse Of John Of Patmos

Edyth Armstrong Hoyt

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • Ancient & Classical • New Testament

Prophets

Abraham J. Heschel

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • Ancient & Classical • New Testament

Bitter Scrolls Sexist Poison in the Canon

Peter Heinegg

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • Ancient & Classical • New Testament

An Editio Minor of the Armenian Version of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Michael E. Stone

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • Ancient & Classical • Christianity

Tatian’s Diatessaron Composition, Redaction, Recension, and Reception

James W. Barker

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • Ancient & Classical • Christianity

Methods for Matthew

Mark Allan Powell

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

Tropologies Ethics and Invention in England, C. 1350-1600

Ryan McDermott

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • Ancient & Classical • Christianity

#10

How Jesus Became God The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee

Bart D. Ehrman

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#11

The Life and Miracles of Thekla A Literary Study

Scott Fitzgerald Johnson

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Christianity • Literary Criticism

#12

A New New Testament A Bible for the Twenty-First Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts

Hal Taussig

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#13

Baruch Ben Neriah From Biblical Scribe to Apocalyptic Seer

J. Edward Wright

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#14

Exegesis and Hermeneutics in the Churches of the East Select Papers from the SBL Meeting in San Diego, 2007

Society of Biblical Literature. Meeting

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#15

Pelagius Commentaries on the Thirteen Epistles of Paul with the Libellus Fidei

Thomas P. Scheck

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#16

The Jefferson Bible The Life and Morals of

Thomas Jefferson

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#17

Truly the Community Romans 12 and How to Be the Church

Marva J. Dawn

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#18

The Judas Brief A Critical Investigation Into the Arrest and Trials of Jesus and the Role of the Jews

Gary Greenberg

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#19

When God Spoke Greek The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible

Timothy Michael Law

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#20

Jesus & the Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls Unlocking the Secrets of His Life Story

Barbara Elizabeth Thiering

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#21

The Resurrected Jesus The Church in the New Testament

David Limbaugh

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#22

Conflict and Identity in Romans The Social Setting of Paul’s Letter

Philip Francis Esler

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#23

Big Trouble Ahead A Real Plan for Flourishing in a Time of Fear and Deception

Allen Jackson

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

#24

Apostle, Or, Bones that Shine Like Fire Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve

Tom Bissell

Themes: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation • New Testament • Christianity

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Biblical Criticism & Interpretation, Ancient & Classical, New Testament — the same threads that run through The Apostolic Fathers by Bart D. Ehrman. Among the authors featured: Judith Perkins, Elizabeth Ann Dively Lauro, Edyth Armstrong Hoyt, Abraham J. Heschel, and others.