The Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary

By John H. Morison and Carolyn Osiek

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800660633
• ISBN13: 9780800660635
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 9.5"