Paul the Letter Writer (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Paul the Letter Writer This engaging study shows how Paul's stylized use of the official Roman letter - a form of communication of great social import in his day - played a crucial role in his apostolic ministry, conveying both his self-identity and sense of authority. M. Luther Stirewalt describes the logistics of letter writing in the first-century Mediterranean world and shows how official letters served to substitut...
Full description- Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
- Published: 01 April 2003
- Format: Paperback 168 pages
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- Categories: Ancient History: To C 500 CE | History Of Religion | Biblical Studies & Exegesis | Bible Readings, Selections & Meditations
- ISBN 13: 9780802860880 ISBN 10: 0802860885
- Sales rank: 403,469
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Full description for Paul the Letter Writer
This engaging study shows how Paul's stylized use of the official Roman letter - a form of communication of great social import in his day - played a crucial role in his apostolic ministry, conveying both his self-identity and sense of authority. M. Luther Stirewalt describes the logistics of letter writing in the first-century Mediterranean world and shows how official letters served to substitute for speeches to an audience, to convey executive, official, or bureaucratic matters, or to bring complaints or petitions from citizens to officials. He then shows how Paul structured his apostolic correspondence after these models of writing, drawing evidence directly from seven Pauline epistles: 1 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Philippians, Philemon, Galatians, and Romans. Cutting a new angle on Paul's purposes, his ministry, and his pastoral concerns, Stirewalt's "Paul, the Letter Writer" will appeal to readers of the Bible and ancient history.
