Letters and letter writing

New Testament letters are compared with private, business, and administrative letters of Greco-Roman antiquity and analyzed against this background. More than 11,800 Greek and Latin letters - preserved on papyrus, potsherds, and tablets from Egypt, Israel, Asia Minor, North Africa, Britain, and Swit...

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Main Author: Arzt-Grabner, Peter 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Singapore Paderborn Wien Brill | Schöningh [2023]
In: Papyri and the New Testament (vol. 2)
Year: 2023
Series/Journal:Papyri and the New Testament vol. 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Letters / Classical antiquity / Papyrus / Letter / Literary form
Further subjects:B Personal Correspondence
B philosophy of religion
B Letter writing, Greek History To 1500
B Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
B Bible. Epistles Manuscripts (Papyri)
B Greek letters History and criticism
B Christianity
B Bible. Epistles Language, style
B Papyrus grecs
B Lettres grecques (Genre littéraire) - Histoire et critique
B Bible. Epistles Criticism, interpretation, etc
B personal correspondence
B Theology and World Christianity
B Correspondance privée
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Summary:New Testament letters are compared with private, business, and administrative letters of Greco-Roman antiquity and analyzed against this background. More than 11,800 Greek and Latin letters - preserved on papyrus, potsherds, and tablets from Egypt, Israel, Asia Minor, North Africa, Britain, and Switzerland - have been edited so far. Among them are not only short notes by writers with poor writing skills, but also extensive letters and correspondences from highly educated authors. They testify to the literary skills of Paul of Tarsus, who knew how to make excellent use of epistolary formulas and even introduced new variations. They also show 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 volume also presents over 130 papyrus and ostracon letters newly translated in their entirety
ISBN:3657790489
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30965/9783657790487