Rich and Poor in the Shepherd of Hermas

von Carolyn Osiek

198 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The references to social differences in the Shepherd, especially in the Second Similitude and Tenth Mandate, suggest a social context in which traditional biblical values of attention to the poor are in tension with the behavior of members of the church community to which the author belongs. Rather than the usual judgment of the Shepherd as a treatise on early penitential discipline, it is in fact a window into the social relationships and challenges of an early second-century Christian community.

• Reihe: Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum Heilige Texte und geheiligte Schriften Bibel
• ISBN: 9781666786262
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2023
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Pickwick Publications