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Book SynopsisThroughout 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.
Trade ReviewIl volume…offre una rassegna pressoché complete del panorama epistolare e rappresenta uno strumento prezioso per gli studiosi dell’epistolario paolino Antonio Landi, Asprenas 58 (2011) It is clear that the contributions to this volume, summarizing and assessing previous research and sometimes also treading some new paths of study on some of the most important elements of the Pauline letters, are more than welcome. Bart J. Koet, Bijdragen, International Journal in Philosophy and Theology 73.1
Table of ContentsPauline Epistolography: An Introduction Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams A Functional Letter Perspective: Towards a Grammar of Epistolary Form Stanley E. Porter Paul’s Letter Opening and Greek Epistolography: A Matter of Relationship Sean A. Adams How to Begin, and Why? Diverse Functions of the Pauline Prescript within a Greco-Roman Context Philip L. Tite Gospel within the Constraints of an Epistolary Form: Pauline Introductory Thanksgivings and Paul’s Theology of Thanksgiving David W. Pao Paul’s Letter Thanksgiving Peter Arzt-Grabner A Significant Decade: The Trajectory of the Hellenistic Epistolary Thanksgiving Raymond F. Collins Investigating the Pauline Letter Body: Issues, Methods, and Approaches Troy W. Martin A Moral Dilemma? The Epistolary Body of 2 Timothy Cynthia Long Westfall Paul’s Letter Paraeesis Young Chul Whang Index of Modern Authors Index of Ancient Sources
