Heaton applies a rise-and-fall structure to the early Christian book known as the Shepherd of Hermas, first proposing a soteriological hermeneutic and evaluating its predominantly positive reception among early church. Heaton propounds an interpretation of the Shepherd of Hermas as a book meant to guide his readers toward salvation.
Heaton applies a rise-and-fall structure to the early Christian book known as the Shepherd of Hermas, first proposing a soteriological hermeneutic and evaluating its predominantly positive reception among early church. Heaton propounds an interpretation of the Shepherd of Hermas as a book meant to guide his readers toward salvation.
Robert D. Heaton teaches New Testament, Christian Origins, and Early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana.
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List of Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments A Note About Style Introduction: Seeking the Lost Shepherd Part I - Rise of the Shepherd: A Scripture and its Readers Chapter One: The Shepherd of Hermas: Text, Context, and Interpretation Chapter Two: Initial Christian Approval of the Shepherd: Known Figures and Anonymous Sources Chapter Three: The Contested Usefulness of the Shepherd in the Third and Fourth Centuries Chapter Four: Passing the Test? The Shepherd, Canonical "Criteria," and Rationales for Exclusion Part II - Fall of the Shepherd: A Canon and its Discontents Chapter Five: Constrictive Trends Forging Fourth-Century Christianity Chapter Six: Athanasius of Alexandria and the Four Constrictive Trends: His Novel "Rule of Scripture" and Hermas's Scriptura Non Grata Conclusion: Eight Primary Contributions of the Foregoing Study Bibliography Index About the Author
List of Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments A Note About Style Introduction: Seeking the Lost Shepherd Part I - Rise of the Shepherd: A Scripture and its Readers Chapter One: The Shepherd of Hermas: Text, Context, and Interpretation Chapter Two: Initial Christian Approval of the Shepherd: Known Figures and Anonymous Sources Chapter Three: The Contested Usefulness of the Shepherd in the Third and Fourth Centuries Chapter Four: Passing the Test? The Shepherd, Canonical "Criteria," and Rationales for Exclusion Part II - Fall of the Shepherd: A Canon and its Discontents Chapter Five: Constrictive Trends Forging Fourth-Century Christianity Chapter Six: Athanasius of Alexandria and the Four Constrictive Trends: His Novel "Rule of Scripture" and Hermas's Scriptura Non Grata Conclusion: Eight Primary Contributions of the Foregoing Study Bibliography Index About the Author
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