TY  - BOOK
AU  - Osiek,Carolyn
AU  - Koester,Helmut
TI  - Shepherd of Hermas: a commentary 
T2  - Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible
SN  - 9780800660635
AV  - BS2900 .S547 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Minneapolis, Minnesota
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Hermas,
KW  - Christian Church History
N1  - 2; https://ciu.libwizard.com/f/copyright-requests
N2  - Extremely popular in its time, The Shepherd of Hermas is a second-century work often used for instruction of catechumens, and in fact, is widely regarded as scripture. In it Hermas, a rich freed slave whose wealth was not always lawfully obtained, undergoes and relates several visions (including one from an angel disguised as a shepherd), repents, and offers advice on Christian teaching and behavior.  Comprehensive and careful, Carolyn Osiek's is the only full-length commentary on "The Shepherd" in English. Hermas's revelations afford us glimpses of religious imagination, social world, and moral ideals among early second-century Roma
ER  -