The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook
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.

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The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook
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.

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The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook

The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook

by Jonathon Lookadoo
The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook

The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook

by Jonathon Lookadoo

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780567699947
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/29/2022
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Jonathon Lookadoo teaches at Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, Seoul, South Korea.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
Part 1-Introducing the Shepherd of Hermas
Chapter 1: An Overview of the Shepherd
Chapter 2: How was the Shepherd Preserved?
Chapter 3: Who Read the Shepherd?
Chapter 4: Critical Questions for the Shepherd: What, to Whom, Where, When, and Who?
Part 2-Studying the Shepherd of Hermas
Chapter 5: Fasting and the Vineyard: Exegeting Similitude 5
Chapter 6: The Characters in the Shepherd
Chapter 7: The Shepherd in its Greco-Roman and Early Jewish Settings
Chapter 8: The Shepherd and Early Christian Literature in the First Two Centuries
Chapter 9: God in the Shepherd
Chapter 10: Sin and Repentance
Chapter 11: Metaphors and Imagery in the Shepherd: The Tower and the House
Chapter 12: Spirit Language in Mandates 5–11: From Ancient Philosophy to Contemporary Theology
Bibliography
Index

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