TY - BOOK
T1 - Community Building in the Shepherd of Hermas
T2 - A Critical Study of Some Key Aspects
AU - Grundeken, Mark
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In Community Building in the Shepherd of Hermas, Mark Grundeken investigates key aspects of Christian community life as reflected upon in the early Christian writing the Shepherd of Hermas (2nd century CE). The thematic study deals with various topics: the community’s identity, including its (alleged) ‘Jewish Christianness’, (lack of) resurrection belief, sectarian tendencies and its relation to the authorities and to the emperor cult; social features, encompassing gender roles and charity; and rituals such as baptism, metanoia, Eucharistic meals, the Sunday collection, dancing (and singing), the ‘holy kiss’, and reading of Scripture. The many fruitful entries prove Hermas to be one of the main texts for studying the development of community building in the early church.
AB - In Community Building in the Shepherd of Hermas, Mark Grundeken investigates key aspects of Christian community life as reflected upon in the early Christian writing the Shepherd of Hermas (2nd century CE). The thematic study deals with various topics: the community’s identity, including its (alleged) ‘Jewish Christianness’, (lack of) resurrection belief, sectarian tendencies and its relation to the authorities and to the emperor cult; social features, encompassing gender roles and charity; and rituals such as baptism, metanoia, Eucharistic meals, the Sunday collection, dancing (and singing), the ‘holy kiss’, and reading of Scripture. The many fruitful entries prove Hermas to be one of the main texts for studying the development of community building in the early church.
UR - https://brill.com/display/title/31983
U2 - 10.1163/9789004299634
DO - 10.1163/9789004299634
M3 - Book
SN - 978-90-04-29885-9
T3 - Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements
BT - Community Building in the Shepherd of Hermas
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden/Boston, MA
ER -