I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ; II. THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS ; The textual traditions of the Apostolic Fathers and the New Testament: a comparative evaluation ; What the text of the Apostolic Fathers tells us about the text of the New Testament in the second century ; The critical apparatus to the Greek New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers ; III. THE TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF THE WRITINGS THAT BECAME THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS ; What constitutes the use of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers? Reflections on method ; Didache ; 1 Clement ; Ignatius ; Polycarp, Philippians ; Letter of Barnabas ; 2 Clement ; Shepherd of Hermas