The Shepherd of Hermas
Author : Hermas
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 32,95 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Christian literature, Early
ISBN :
The Shepherd of Hermas and the Pauline Legacy
Author : Jonathan E Soyars
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004402586
Book Description
In The Shepherd of Hermas and the Pauline Legacy, Jonathan E. Soyars traces the influence of Pauline literary traditions upon one of the most widely attested and influential apocalyptic texts from early Christianity. Scholarship largely considers Hermas to have known very little about Pauline letters, but by looking beyond verbatim quotations Soyars discovers extensive evidence of his adoption, adaptation, and synthesis of identifiable Pauline material in the Visions, Mandates, and Similitudes sections. Hermas emerges as a Pauline interpreter who creatively engages topics and themes developed within and across the Pauline letters through time. These results reconnect the Shepherd with early Paulinism and extend reconstructions of the sphere of Pauline influence in the second century C.E.
Community Building in the Shepherd of Hermas
Author : Mark Grundeken
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 27,84 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004299637
Book Description
In Community Building in the Shepherd of Hermas, Mark Grundeken investigates key aspects of Christian community life as reflected upon in the early Christian writing the Shepherd of Hermas (2nd century C.E.). Grundeken’s thematic study deals with various topics: the community’s identity, including its (alleged) ‘Jewish Christianness’, (lack of) resurrection belief, sectarian tendencies and its relation to the authorities and to the emperor cult; social features, encompassing gender roles and charity; and rituals such as baptism, metanoia, Eucharistic meals, the Sunday collection, dancing (and singing), the ‘holy kiss’ and reading of Scripture. The many fruitful entries prove Hermas to be one of the main texts for studying the development of community building in the early church.
The Shepherd of Hermas
Author : Daniel Robison
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 12,73 MB
Release : 2013-01-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781480147898
Book Description
The Shepherd of Hermas was one of the most popular books--if not the most popular book--in the Christian Church during the second, third and fourth centuries. Believed by the early Christians to have been the work of the Hermas referred to by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans, this book was regarded as inspired Scripture by many and even included in several of the early canons. At the very least, the historical and universal acclaim of this work by those who were still burning with the recent fire of Pentecost demands a serious consideration of the message it gives to us; a message that, after nearly two thousand years, still exhales the prophetic fragrance of the ancient, apostolic faith. This version has been updated into modern language for a new generation to rediscover this captivating work of the early Church.
The Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden
Author : Rutherford Hayes Platt
Publisher : Nelson Bibles
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Apocryphal books
ISBN :
Book Description
Presented here are two volumes of apocryphal writings reflecting the life and time of the Old and New Testaments. Stories told by contemporary fiction writers of historical Bible times in fascinating and beautiful style.
The Shepherd of Hermas
Author : Jonathon Lookadoo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567697940
Book Description
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.
The Apostolic Fathers
Author : Michael W. Holmes
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 2007-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080103468X
Book Description
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.
The Apostolic Fathers in English
Author : Michael W. Holmes
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 21,58 MB
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1585585009
Book Description
The Apostolic Fathers is an important collection of writings revered by early Christians but not included in the final canon of the New Testament. Here a leading expert on these texts offers an authoritative contemporary translation, in the tradition of the magisterial Lightfoot version but thoroughly up-to-date. The third edition features numerous changes, including carefully revised translations and a new, more user-friendly design. The introduction, notes, and bibliographies have been freshly revised as well.
Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament
Author : Jonathan Bernier
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 21,42 MB
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493434675
Book Description
This paradigm-shifting study is the first book-length investigation into the compositional dates of the New Testament to be published in over forty years. It argues that, with the notable exception of the undisputed Pauline Epistles, most New Testament texts were composed twenty to thirty years earlier than is typically supposed by contemporary biblical scholars. What emerges is a revised view of how quickly early Christians produced what became the seminal texts for their new movement.
Book of Similitudes
Author : Billy R. Fincher
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2016-04-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781530890477
Book Description
Introduction. The Shepherd of Hermas consists of the Book of Visions, with 10 visions granted to Hermas, a former slave. This is followed by the Book of Commands with twelve mandates or commandments, and the last is the Book of Similitudes with ten similitudes, or parables.
