Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary

Carolyn Osiek

Fortress Press, 1999 - Religion - 292 pages

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 Roma

Contents

• Theological Character: 28
• 34: 48
• 4: 54
• 8: 68
• The Great Tribulation to Come: 94
• 4: 114
• 1: 200
• 78: 208

About the author

Carolyn Osiek is Professor of New Testament at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. Her previous books include: Shepherd of Hermas (Hermeneia, Fortress Press, 1999). Helmut Koester is John H. Morison Research Professor of Divinity and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Chair of the New Testament Board of the Hermeneia commentary series. He is editor of numerous volumes in the Hermeneia series as well as Cities of Paul: Images and Interpretations from the Harvard New Testament and Archaeology Project on CD-ROM (2004, 978-0-8006-3673-9) and author of Paul and His World: Interpreting the New Testament in Its Context (2007, 978-0-8006-3890-0).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary; Hermeneia - Fortress Press; Hermeneia Series; Volume 83 of Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible; Hermeneia: A Critical & Histor
• Author: Carolyn Osiek
• Editor: Helmut Koester
• Publisher: Fortress Press, 1999
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jul 9, 2009
• ISBN: 0800660633, 9780800660635
• Length: 292 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Commentary / General; Religion / Biblical Meditations / General; Religion / Biblical Studies / General; Religion / Christian Church / History; Religion / Christianity / General; Religion / General