Michael J. Svigel & Caroline P. Buie 
The Shepherd of Hermas [EPUB ebook] 
A New Translation and Commentary

From its original composition and wide distribution in the early second century, the Shepherd of Hermas has both puzzled and intrigued readers with its strange images, surprising language, and challenging rhetoric. Today, both critical and confessional scholars struggle with placing its message in its original historical-theological context while lay readers find the work to be riddled with countless puzzles.
To help dispel some of the mystery and misunderstandings concerning the Shepherd of Hermas, this volume offers a new lucid translation that recreates the original colloquial tone of the work. Accompanying the translation is a commentary that unpacks the meanings of the ancient text. Alongside these, a number of introductions focus on matters of date, authorship, genre, theological and practical content, and the writing’s relationship to other ancient literature.

Über den Autor

Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ, is archivist of the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S.-Canada Province and former Professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, and Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth. She is past president of the Catholic Biblical Association and the Society of Biblical Literature.