The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook

ISBN-13: 9780567699947 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 312 str.

Jonathon Lookadoo

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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1—Introducing the Shepherd of Hermas Chapter 1: An Overview of the Shepherd Chapter 2: How was the Shepherd Preserved? Chapter 3: Who Read the Shepherd? Chapter 4: Critical Questions for the Shepherd: What, to Whom, Where, When, and Who? Part 2—Studying the Shepherd of Hermas Chapter 5: Fasting and the Vineyard: Exegeting Similitude 5 Chapter 6: The Characters in the Shepherd Chapter 7: The Shepherd in its Greco-Roman and Early Jewish Settings Chapter 8: The Shepherd and Early Christian Literature in the First Two Centuries Chapter 9: God in the Shepherd Chapter 10: Sin and Repentance Chapter 11: Metaphors and Imagery in the Shepherd: The Tower and the House Chapter 12: Spirit Language in Mandates 5–11: From Ancient Philosophy to Contemporary Theology Bibliography Index