{"product_id":"the-shepherd-of-hermas-carolyn-osiek-9780800660635","title":"The Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003eExtremely popular in its time, \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd of Hermas\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprehensive 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn Osiek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0800660633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780800660635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 8.50w x 1.08d","brand":"Carolyn Osiek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072781349119,"sku":"9780800660635","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75eec21c-5788-49b3-8acb-a97e918e4a0a.jpg?v=1685443924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shepherd-of-hermas-carolyn-osiek-9780800660635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}