Hermas in Arcadia and the Rest of the Words of Baruch Paperback / softback
by J. Rendel Harris
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Biblical Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
Much of the work of James Rendel Harris (1852–1941), palaeographer and biblical scholar, focused on the translation and understanding of early Christian writing, and this collection of two volumes of essays examines two key texts.
The first work in this reissue, published in 1896, discusses the book known as 'The Shepherd of Hermas'.
This early work, thought to be written in Rome around the first or second century CE, is composed of three parts: visions, commandments and similitudes.
Harris examines aspects of the work, such as how to interpret the ninth similitude - as allegory or literally - and discusses in detail questions about translation.
Themes of other essays include the legendary library of Prester John in Abyssinia, the third-century writer Gaius the Presbyter and problems surrounding the fourth-century Codex Euthalianus.
The second work, published in 1889, is concerned with the apocalyptic language in the book of Baruch.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:166 pages, 1 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/01/2012
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- ISBN:9781108039734
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:166 pages, 1 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/01/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108039734
