Hermas The Shepherd of Hermas 1.1

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The Shepherd of Hermas. Hermas. ed. Kirsopp Lake. London. 1917.

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Current edition First1KGreek

Ποιμὴν (Greek) (Hermas. The Apostolic Fathers, Vol 2. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917.)

Translations (1)
Hermas Perseus (Hermas. The Apostolic Fathers with an English translation by Kirsopp Lake. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1913) — 1.1 focus

Notes on the current edition

The Shepherd of Hermas

1. pro\s gunai=ka/ tina AL1, omitting the mention of her name
2. kw/mas N AE, civitatem Ostiorum L, the editors emend to *kou/mas (Cumae). It is probable that Cumae is the meaning of the text, but it is not impossiblethe spelling kw/mas is original. The alternative is that poreuome/nou ei)s kw/mas means the same as the modern Italian *willeggiatura (summer holiday in the country).
3. Ps. 2, 4; 123, 1;
4. Gen. 1, 28; 8, 17; 9, 1; 28, 3 etc.
5. to/pw| N%2 L1, tro/pw| Nc AL2(E).
6. qugate/ra A, dominam E.
7. Deut. 30, 3 cf. Jer. 3, 22