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Introduction to the methods of patristic research as well as to the early Christian literature of the 2nd century

- Polycarp as figure of the early church

- Martyrdom of Polycarp and the other Apostolic Fathers

- history and theology of the 2nd century

translation and interpretation

written translation and annotation of one section of the Martyrdom of Polycarp

- J.A. Fischer (ed.), Die Apostolischen Väter, Darmstadt 2011.

- P. Hartog (ed.), Polycarp's Epistle to the Phiippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp, Oxford 2013.

- G. Buschmann, Das Martyrium des Polykarp, Göttingen 1998.

- W. Pratscher (ed.), Die Apostolischen Väter. Eine Einleitung, Göttingen 2009.

knowledge of Greek