Paul the Ancient Letter Writer
Paul the Ancient Letter Writer

Author: Jeffrey A. D. Weima

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2016-11-15

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1493405799

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This clear and user-friendly introduction to the interpretive method called "epistolary analysis" shows how focusing on the form and function of Paul's letters yields valuable insights into the apostle's purpose and meaning. The author helps readers interpret Paul's letters properly by paying close attention to the apostle's use of ancient letter-writing conventions. Paul is an extremely skilled letter writer who deliberately adapts or expands traditional epistolary forms so that his persuasive purposes are enhanced. This is an ideal supplemental textbook for courses on Paul or the New Testament. It contains numerous analyses of key Pauline texts, including a final chapter analyzing the apostle's Letter to Philemon as a "test case" to demonstrate the benefits of this interpretive approach.

Light from Ancient Letters
Light from Ancient Letters

Author: John Lee White

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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With this collection of ancient Greek letters--written on papyrus and discovered in Egypt--John L. White provides a "comparative body of texts for studying the style of early Christian letters in the New Testament and the early church fathers." He seeks, as well, to contribute to an understanding of socio-political and economic factors within Greco-Roman Egypt and to illuminate broad environmental factors that help in understanding both Judaism and Christianity in the Greco-Roman period.

Ancient Letters and the New Testament
Ancient Letters and the New Testament

Author: Hans-Josef Klauck

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 1932792406

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"This volume places the New Testament letters squarely in the middle of all the important letter corpora of antiquity. Chapters cover the basic letter formula, papyrus and postal delivery, non-literary and diplomatic correspondence, Greek and Latin literary letters, epistolary theory, letters in early Judaism, and all the letters of the New Testament. Part I of each chapter surveys each corpus, followed by detailed exegetical examples in Part II. Comprehensive bibliographies and 54 exercises with answers suit this guide to student and scholar alike."--Publisher's website.

Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian Epistolography
Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian Epistolography

Author: Lutz Doering

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9783161522369

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The author provides the most extensive analysis available of ancient Jewish letter writing from the Persian period until the early rabbinic literature. In addition, he demonstrates the significance of Jewish letters for the development of early Christian letter writing.

Ancient Letters
Ancient Letters

Author: Ruth Morello

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2007-06-07

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0191525359

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The surviving body of ancient letters offers the reader a stunning variety of material, ranging from the everyday letters preserved among the Oxyrhynchus papyri to imperial rescripts, New Testament Epistles, fictional or pseudepigraphical letters and a wealth of missives on almost every conceivable subject. They offer us a unique insight into ancient practices in the fields of politics, literature, philosophy, medicine and many other areas. This collection presents a series of case studies in ancient letters, asking how each letter writer manipulates the epistolary tradition, why he chose the letter form over any other, and what effect the publication of volumes of collected letters might have had upon a reader's engagement with epistolary works. This volume is the first of its kind on ancient letters in any language, and it brings together both well-established and promising young scholars currently working in the fields of ancient literature, history, philosophy and medicine to engage in a shared debate about this most adaptable and 'interdisciplinary' of genres.

Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World
Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World

Author: John Muir

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-11-19

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 113416601X

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This survey of Greek letter writing from a well-known and respected author introduces students to the whole range of letter writing in the Greek world, and its problems. Greeks wrote letters to each other for business and diplomatic purposes, as teacher to pupil, and as addresses to the wider world.

Reading the Past
Reading the Past

Author: C. B. Walker

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780520074316

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Contains six previously published titles brought together in a single volume.

Letters from Ancient Egypt
Letters from Ancient Egypt

Author: Edward Frank Wente

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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This book provides translations of most of the letters that have survived reasonably intact from the Old Kingdom through the Twenty-first Dynasty of ancient Egypt. An introduction provides information relating to ancient Egyptian epistolography and discussion regarding the transmission of letters. The organization of the book is basically chronological, with separate sections devoted to royal letters and letters sent by and to the vizier. Also included are several model letters that were used in the education of the Egyptian scribe.--Publisher description.

Paul and the Ancient Letter Form
Paul and the Ancient Letter Form

Author: Stanley E. Porter

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-03-22

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 9004190678

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Throughout the last century, there has been continuous study of Paul as a writer of letters. Although this fact was acknowledged by previous generations of scholars, it was during the twentieth century that the study of ancient letter-writing practices came to the fore and began to be applied to the study of the letters of the New Testament. This volume seeks to advance the discussion of Paul's relationship to Greek epistolary traditions by evaluating the nature of ancient letters as well as the individual letter components. These features are evaluated alongside Paul's letters to better understand Paul's use and adaptations of these traditions in order to meet his communicative needs.