So, I had every intention of making Donald Hagner's paper on interpretation in the Apostolic Fathers, but by the time I found the room where the paper was being read, it was too crowded to get into. I hoofed it back to the convention center and sat in a few papers. One was Donald Fairbarin on Patristic Soteriology. Interesting stuff. The other was John Hutchison on Martyrdom and Suffering in the early church. He had some interesting stuff to say about Ignatius, and some thought-provoking comments on suffering as fellowship with Christ.

After that was a bunch of meetings -- impromptu and otherwise -- with all sorts of people.

In between all of that, however, I found time for a quick browse of the book aisles. I had promised myself I wasn't going to buy anything today, but then I found myself at Wipf & Stock. There were two slim volumes that jumped out at me. Together I spent less than 20 bucks on 'em, so I figure I did OK:

Francis Xavier J. Exler, A Study in Greek Epistolography: The Form of the Ancient Letter. I justified this one because, well, the Pastorals are letter, so looking into form is something that is important.

H.B. Swete, The Gospel of St. Peter: The Text in Greek and English with Introduction, Notes, and Indices. This was partly due to Stephen C. Carlson's clarion call to pursue critical editions of things, and partly due to some other factors I won't discuss here.

Anyway, a good day. But a tiring day. Hopefully I'll get some sleep tonight.