RT Article
T1 The Parable of the Slave, Son, and Vineyard: An Early Christian Freedman's Narrative (Hermas "Similitudes" 5.2-11)
JF The catholic biblical quarterly
VO 80
IS 4
SP 655
OP 669
A1 Beavis, Mary Ann 1955-
LA English
PB Catholic Biblical Association of America
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1582596484
AB The Shepherd of Hermas contains a similitude that is very similar to several Synoptic slave parables (Herm. Sim. 5.2-11). Compared to the Gospel parables, however, the similitude ends on a very surprising note: the slave is not only commended by his master but freed and adopted by him. In this essay, I argue that this unexpected outcome can be connected with the identity of Hermas, a Roman freedman—an author whose experience as a manumitted former slave distinctively shapes his telling of the story, which echoes both the Synoptics and Paul. As such, the Hermas similitude is analogous to, but not identical with, the freedom narratives constructed by formerly enslaved African Americans who adjusted and adapted biblical narratives to reflect their own concerns.
K1 Bible
K1 Bible : Parables
K1 Parables
K1 SHEPHERD of Hermas, The (Book)
K1 Slavery in the Bible
K1 Shepherd of Hermas
K1 Vineyards
K1 Freedman
K1 Parable
K1 Slave
K1 Vineyard
DO 10.1353/cbq.2019.0005