My recent research project on embodied readings of ancient texts is focused on the early Christian apocalypse known as the Shepherd of Hermas, one of the most widely read books in the early Church. I ...

As a scholar of early Christianity ... and Naples. Hermas, who is presented as the text’s author and narrator, has various encounters with two divine figures called the Church and the Shepherd ...

The Early Church Fathers did not see themselves as choosing ... and The Shepherd of Hermas (a text on ethics) that were widely used, but they did not fit the criterion of apostolicity and were ...