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Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- The Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary
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- 1999
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Series: Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible
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Extremely popular in its time, The Shepherd of Hermas is a second-century work often used for instruction of catechumens, and in fact, is widely regarded as scripture. In it Hermas, a rich freed slave whose wealth was not always lawfully obtained, undergoes and relates several visions (including one from an angel disguised as a shepherd), repents, and offers advice on Christian teaching and behavior.
Comprehensive and careful, Carolyn Osiek's is the only full-length commentary on "The Shepherd" in English. Hermas's revelations afford us glimpses of religious imagination, social world, and moral ideals among early second-century Roman Christians.
Table of Contents
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- The Author
- p. vi
- Reference Codes
- pp. xiii-xx
- Editor’s Note
- pp. xxi-xxii
- Introduction
- 1 Literary Character
- pp. 1-18
- Historical Character
- pp. 18-28
- Theological Character
- pp. 28-38
- Shepherd of Hermas
- Visions
- Vision 1.1: Vision of Rhoda
- pp. 41-45
- Vision 3.1–2: Building of the Tower
- pp. 60-64
- Vision 3.9: A Wisdom Paraenesis
- pp. 80-82
- Vision 4.1–3: Vision of the Beast
- pp. 89-97
- Mandates
- Mandate 1: Faith in God
- pp. 103-104
- Mandate 2: Simplicity
- pp. 105-106
- Mandate 3: Truth
- pp. 107-108
- Mandate 4.1: Chastity and Adultery
- pp. 109-112
- Mandate 4.2–3: Reminder about Conversion
- pp. 113-115
- Mandate 5.1–2: Two Ways of Being
- pp. 117-121
- Mandate 6.1–2: Discernment of Spirits
- pp. 122-125
- Mandate 7: Fear of the Lord
- pp. 126-127
- Mandate 8: Restraint
- pp. 128-130
- Mandate 9: Doublemindedness
- pp. 131-134
- Mandate 10.1–3: Sadness
- pp. 135-138
- Mandate 11: Discernment of Prophecy
- pp. 139-147
- Mandate 12.1–2: Discernment of Desires
- pp. 148-149
- Similitudes
- Similitude 1: A Tale of Two Cities
- pp. 157-160
- Similitude 2: Elm and Vine
- pp. 161-164
- Similitude 4: Summer Trees
- pp. 166-167
- Similitude 5.1: True Fasting
- pp. 168-169
- Similitude 5.3: More on True Fasting
- pp. 173-174
- Similitude 5.7: Purity of the Flesh
- pp. 182-183
- Similitude 8.1–11: Cosmic Willow Tree
- pp. 194-210
- Similitude 9.2–9: The Tower Revisited
- pp. 215-225
- Similitude 9.32–33: Final Exhortations
- pp. 256-257
- Similitude 10.1–4: Conclusion
- pp. 258-262
- Bibliography and Indices
- Bibliography
- pp. 265-268
- Indices
- 1 Passages
- pp. 269-286
- Designer’s Notes
- pp. 292-293
Additional Information
ISBN
9781506421452
MARC Record
OCLC
966938705
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No