The references to social differences in the Shepherd especially in the second Similitude and the tenth Mandate, suggest a social context in which traditional biblical values of attention to the poor are in tension with the behavior of the members of the church community to which the author belongs. Rather than the usual judgement of the Shepherd as a treatise on early penitential discipline, it is in fact a window into the social relationships and challenges of an early second-century Christian community.
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The references to social differences in the Shepherd especially in the second Similitude and the tenth Mandate, suggest a social context in which traditional biblical values of attention to the poor are in tension with the behavior of the members of the church community to which the author belongs. Rather than the usual judgement of the Shepherd as a treatise on early penitential discipline, it is in fact a window into the social relationships and challenges of an early second-century Christian community.
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Publisher:
Catholic Biblical Association of America
Published:
1983
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18171881808
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Fair. 184p. Ex-library softcover book in original binding. Spine lightly tanned and small, pale stains on front cover. Label on spine, stamp on title page, and card pocket in back. Otherwise a clean, tight book in good reading condition. The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 15. A study of an early Christian document that was highly regarded among the Church Fathers.
