RT Book T1 The Shepherd of Hermas: a literary, historical, and theological handbook A1 Lookadoo, Jonathon 1987- LA English PP London PB Bloomsbury Publishing Plc YR 2021 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1753184282 AB Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I 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 II 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 of Authors -- Index of References -- Index of Subjects. OP 309 NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources CN 229.94 SN 978-0-567-69794-3 K1 English literature K1 Electronic books