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At a glance
- Traditional author
- Hermas (attributed)
- Traditional date
- Mid-4th century CE manuscript; work 1st–2nd century CE (medium confidence)
- Traditional audience
- Readers of Corpus Witness’s Canon & Books shelves
Listed in: Ethiopian related literature.
Meaning of Codex Sinaiticus Hermas Excerpt
A short public-domain English excerpt of the Shepherd of Hermas as bound in Codex Sinaiticus, for reading alongside the manuscript witness.
Traditional understanding
An excerpt of the Shepherd of Hermas from Codex Sinaiticus, the fourth-century Bible that copies Hermas after the New Testament. Books shows an English text of the work, not a facsimile.
Historical context
Codex Sinaiticus appends Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas after the New Testament, a major witness to early Christian reading habits.
Setting of the writing
Manuscript excerpt shelf entry linked from Canon History manuscripts.
Literary shape
Short excerpt chapter for manuscript witness study.
Themes
- manuscript-witness
- shepherd-of-hermas
- codex-sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus Hermas Excerpt chapter by chapter
Codex Sinaiticus — Shepherd of Hermas
Codex Sinaiticus Hermas Excerpt 1 — First vision: the aged Church
Hermas recalls his life in Rome, his gratitude for righteous teaching, and a dream-vision of the Church as an aged woman on a chair. The Spirit explains that the Church has been made old by the sins of Hermas and his household, calling him to repentance.
Meaning: English of the work preserved in this manuscript tradition; not a diplomatic facsimile. Sinaiticus binds this work after the New Testament, a major witness to how some fourth-century Christians read.