Paul and the ancient letter form / edited by Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams.

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...

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Other Authors: Porter, Stanley E., 1956-, Adams, Sean A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Pauline studies ; v. 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pauline 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 paraenesis / Young Chul Whang
  • Philosophical and epistolary contexts for Pauline paraenesis / Andrew W. Pitts
  • Sincerely, Paul : the significance of the Pauline letter closings / Jeffrey A.D. Weima.