Reader's Lexicon of Apostolic Fathers

Am I correct that the Reader's Lexicon of Apostolic Fathers is just on the so-called Apostolic Fathers & not on a wider group of "Church Fathers"? The link in the description offering more information takes one to a different title, Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers. Is this second work a commentary on what the Church Fathers say or is it a lexicon? The image supplied says to click on it to see it enlarged, but when I click, the system fails. And the little image is too blurry in my eyes to read it. Can someone describe these 2 works for me & tell me if there is redundancy between the two? Can you compare the two works? Thanks in advance

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Kenneth Neighoff

Here is the table of contents from the readers lexicon

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations First Clement Second Clement Ignatius to the Ephesians Ignatius to the Magnesians Ignatius to the Trallians Ignatius to the Romans Ignatius to the Philadelphians Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans Ignatius to the Polycarp Polycarp to the Philippians The Martyrdom of Polycarp The Didache The Letter of Barnabas The Shepherd of Hermas The Letter to Diognetus The Fragment of Quadratus The Fragments of Papias The Traditions of the Elders

Sample from Clement

First Clement

Preface

ἁγιάζω 3 • 16 to consecrate, dedicate, sanctify

κλητός 1 • 3 called, invited

Κόρινθος, ἡ 1 • 3 Corinth

παντοκράτωρ, ὁ 6 • 12 Almighty, All-powerful, Omnipotent (One)

παροικέω [2] 2 • 6 to inhabit a place as a foreigner/stranger, be a stranger

πληθύνω 3 • 11 to be multiplied, grow, increase;

πληθυνθείη aorist pass. optative

Ῥώμη, ἡ 1 • 8 Rome

The other book basically defines who the Church Fathers were and how they used Scripture.

SineNomine

Am I correct that the Reader's Lexicon of Apostolic Fathers is just on the so-called Apostolic Fathers & not on a wider group of "Church Fathers"?

Yes.

Is this second work a commentary on what the Church Fathers say or is it a lexicon?

More of the former than the latter.