The Epistle of Barnabas

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Primary Sources

	Epistle of Barnabas. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1.
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	Kirsopp Lake, translator, The Apostolic Fathers. I Clement, II Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Didache, Barnabas, The Shepherd of Hermas, The Martyrdom of Polycarp, The Epistle to Diognetus, 2 Vols. London: William Heinemann, 1925. Hbk. pp.409+396. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
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Secondary Sources

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	Epistle of Barnabas (Peter Kirby)
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	Epistle of Barnabas (P. Ladeuze)
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	Jonathon Lookadoo, "The Form and Function of the Psalms in Barnabas 6," Canon & Culture 14.2 (2020): 211-246.
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	James Carleton Paget, "Paul and the Epistle of Barnabas," Novum Testamentum 38.4 (1996): 359-381.
	James Carleton Paget, "The Struggle for Scripture and Covenant: The Purpose of the Epistle of Barnabas and Jewish-Christian Competition in the Second Century," The Journal of Theological Studies 49. 2 (Oct. 1998): 807-811.
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	James Carleton Paget, "The Epistle of Barnabas and the Deuteronomic Tradition: Polemics, Paraenesis, and the Legacy of the Golden-Calf Incident," The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 57.1 (Jan. 2006): 100-102.
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