Author: Jonathan E Soyars
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-06-17
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9004402586
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In The Shepherd of Hermas and the Pauline Legacy, Jonathan E. Soyars confronts the scholarly consensus and argues that Hermas’s visions reflect an extensive encounter with texts ultimately included in the corpus Paulinum.
Author: C. Taylor
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-03-21
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780365220039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from The Shepherd of Hermas, Vol. 1 Not long afterwards the claim of the book to such rank was disallowed in the Muratorian Canon, a lost Greek list of canonical writings of which a fragment in Latin was discovered in the Ambrosian Library at Milan by Muratori. In this fragment it is said that the Shepherd was written in Rome quite recently in our times, and that its author was Hermas, a brother of Pius who was then Bishop of Rome. He would accordingly have written in or before the sixth decade of the second century a.d. In the next generation the book was widely cir culated and highly esteemed as a work of inspiration and authority, but some doubted. It was known in Africa to Tertullian, who condemned it in one of his treatises; and in Alexandria to Clement and Origen, who regarded it as inspired. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
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ISBN-13: 1078733961
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book consists of five visions granted to Hermas, a former slave. This is followed by twelve mandates or commandments, and ten similitudes, or parables. It commences abruptly in the first person: "He who brought me up sold me to a certain Rhoda, who was at Rome. After many years I met her again, and began to love her as a sister." As Hermas was on the road to Cumae, he had a vision of Rhoda. She told him that she was his accuser in heaven, on account of an unchaste thought the (married) narrator had once had concerning her, though only in passing. He was to pray for forgiveness for himself and all his house. He is consoled by a vision of the Church in the form of an aged woman, weak and helpless from the sins of the faithful, who tells him to do penance and to correct the sins of his children. Subsequently he sees her made younger through penance, yet wrinkled and with white hair; then again, as quite young but still with white hair; and lastly, she shows herself as glorious as a Bride.
Author: Jonathon Lookadoo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-03-25
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0567697940
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Jonathon Lookadoo guides readers through the early Christian apocalypse known as the Shepherd of Hermas, providing a clear overview of the numerous literary, historical, and theological insights that this text contains for those researching early Christianity. Dividing his exploration into two sections, Lookadoo first introduces the Shepherd by providing an overview of the text to those with limited familiarity, while also focusing on critical issues such as authorship, date, and the Shepherd's complex manuscript tradition and reception history. He then moves to examine the interpretation of particular passages in detail, and by close exploration of theological and literary features he is able to contextualize the Shepherd alongside contemporary contexts. This volume covers the important thematic issues in the Shepherd, and also provides a fresh perspective that arises from a thoroughly textual focus; in so doing, Lookadoo enables readers to engage both with the Shepherd itself and the scholarship that surrounds the text.
Author: Michael W. Holmes
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2007-11
Total Pages: 832
ISBN-13: 080103468X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A contemporary version of important early Christian texts that are not included in the New Testament. The translation, Greek texts, introduction, notes, and bibliographies are freshly revised.
Author: C Taylor
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019450178
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Shepherd of Hermas is one of the most important works of early Christian literature, written in the 2nd century AD. Part allegory, part moral instruction, part apocalyptic prophecy, it offers a unique perspective on the challenges facing the nascent Christian community. This first volume, expertly translated and annotated by C. Taylor, covers the first three of Hermas' visions, which deal with issues of righteousness, repentance, and the nature of sin. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Hermas
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781230213835
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... PREFACE AMONG Early Church Classics the Shepherd of Her mas is distinct in species, being neither an epistle, nor a homily, nor a treatise, but a sort of "allegory or religious romance." Picturesque and pleasing in form, and credited with the inspiration which it seemed to claim, the work soon won for itself popularity and influence; for a time it was classed with the sacred writings read in churches; and part of a copy of it is still preserved in one of the chief manuscripts of the Bible in Greek. Whatever may be said in disparagement of the style of " Hermas," he writes with a facility which implies that he had read discursively. For the suggestion that the Tablet or picture of Kebes was one of his main sources I am indebted to the Reverend J. M. Cotterill, Hon. D.D. of the University of St. Andrews. Clearly he drew also from the Old Testament and the New, but to what extent we cannot quite say with certainty; for the reason that he merely works up or plays upon more or less of their contents as literary material, never expressly citing either. A like free handling of the words of Holy Scripture is common to inventive composers in all ages, from the early Christian homilist (p. 162 f.) to writers and speakers of to-day. Traces of books of the Bible in the Shepherd are pointed out in Zahn's Der Hirt des Hernias; in Resch's extra-canonical Paralleltexte zu den Evangelien; and in the commentaries on Hermae Pastor. The Index to the Introduction and Notes in this edition is by Mr. H. J. A. Hart, Fellow of St. John's College. C. Taylor. Cambridge, Nov. 1902. INTRODUCTION i. Authorship And Date. The author of the Shepherd, who is addressed in it as Hermas, used to be reckoned one of the Apostolic Fathers, with Clement of Rome, Ignatius, ...