Dating, Split-Transmission Theory, and the Latin Reception of the Shepherd of Hermas

The Shepherd of Hermas, the well-know early Christian apocalyptic text, written in Greek in second century Rome, was translated twice into Latin between the second and fifth centuries. This contribution revisits and calls into question two issues which seemed settled: the dating of the first Latin translation, and the relevance of the Latin transmission for the proposal that the Shepherd might have circulated initially split in two different books.

Jaar van publicatie:2018

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