Letters and Letter Writing
Book • 2023
Letters and Letter Writing compares New Testament letters with private, business, and administrative letters of Greco-Roman antiquity and analyzes them against this background.
The book presents over 130 papyrus and ostracon letters newly translated in their entirety.
It testifies to the literary skills of Paul of Tarsus, who knew how to make excellent use of epistolary formulas and even introduced new variations.
It also shows that some New Testament letters clearly fall outside the framework of standard epistolography, raising new questions about their authors and their genre.
The introductions and discussions offered in this volume reflect the current state of the art and present new research results.
The book presents over 130 papyrus and ostracon letters newly translated in their entirety.
It testifies to the literary skills of Paul of Tarsus, who knew how to make excellent use of epistolary formulas and even introduced new variations.
It also shows that some New Testament letters clearly fall outside the framework of standard epistolography, raising new questions about their authors and their genre.
The introductions and discussions offered in this volume reflect the current state of the art and present new research results.
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