The Forging of a Tradition: The Hebrew Bible, Ezra the Scribe, and the Corruption of Jewish Monotheism According to the Writings of al-Ṭabarī, al-Thaʿlabī, and Ibn Ḥazm by Steven Donnelly

“…Several sources are examined (e.g., 4 Ezra, Porphyry, Justin Martyr, a Samaritan liturgical imprecation, and diverse rabbinic traditions) as plausible support for the charge that Ezra corrupted the Scriptures. …”
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New inscriptions, amulets and history of the early Christianity: the Antonine age by Aleksey Dmitrievich Panteleev

“…Cristiopher Jones compared this inscription with the so-called rescript of Antoninus Pius, saved as an appendix to «First Apology» of Justin Martyr (cod. Paris. gr. 450) and in Eusebius of Caesarea’s «Church History» (HE, IV, 13). …”
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Tertullian on the Trinity by Litfin Bryan M.

“…He drew especially from Theophilus of Antioch, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus of Lyons. At the same time, Tertullian did introduce some important innovations. …”
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The Patterns of Patristic Exegesis of Genesis 3. 22 Fragment "Behold, the Man is Become as One of Us" by Kurdybailo Dmitrii

“…The first and the most widespread one (from Justin Martyr to Maximus the Confessor) suggests reading Gen 3. 22 as an example of God’s irony employed to show Adam that the serpent’s promise to “be as gods” was false and to urge him to repentance. …”
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The Multifaceted Reception of the Torah by Early Church Fathers by Stefan M. Attard

“…One notes the following stances: the Torah’s commandments supplemented the Lord’s teachings (the Didache); the Torah was read allegorically and typologically despite a Midrashic approach (<i>Epistle of Barnabas</i>); certain laws were believed to have been instituted as a result of the people’s hardness of heart (Justin Martyr); natural law is distinct from the demands added to it after the Jews’ wayward actions (Irenaeus); the temporal aspects of the law were superseded by its eternal aspects (Tertullian); whilst upholding the promises of the Law, the prophets were seen as going beyond the Law (Tertullian) or as giving the Law a spiritual interpretation (<i>Epistle of Barnabas</i>); and, rarely, the Law was held in very high regard (Clement of Alexandria). …”
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Listening to Trypho by Horner, T

“…<p>The primary focus of this thesis is the figure of Trypho in Justin Martyr's <em>Dialogue with Trypho, A Jew</em> (mid-second century C.E.). …”

Eastern Patristics on Human’s Free Will and Divine Predestination: Conceptual Continuity in the Contemporary Russian Culture by Olga Chistyakova, Denis Chistyakov

“…The article stands on the original teachings of prominent Saints of Eastern Christianity—Maximus the Confessor, Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, John of Damascus, and Justin Martyr as a predecessor for both the Eastern and Western Patristics. …”
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