Excerpt from The Witness of Hermas to the Four Gospels HE Seepeem' of Herman is an incompletely worked mine of allusions to the Gospels and other writings. It has been undervalued because it has not been understood. In form it is a lengthy revelation to one Hermas, written down by himself; but while some take his story for history, perhaps more deem it an offspring of the imagination, and place it in the same category with the famous Pilgrim's Progress. Its author, who has a sufficiency of sacred and secular lore at command, never cites by name, except once from the now lost E/a'aa' and Modal, but weaves his materials artfully together into a fabric which must be unravelled with some care before it can be seen of what elements it is-composed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.