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.
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This splendid book is vintage Klauck. He offers a close reading of a wide range of ancient letters as well as brief discussion of ancient epistolary theory and of rhetoric. He strikes just the right balance between basic instruction and original insight. --Abraham J. Malherbe, Buckingham Professor Emeritus of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, Yale Divinity School
The ancient world, both Jewish, Greek, Roman and Christian, was through and through a culture of letter writing. Klauck's already classic, German presentation and discussion from 1998 of the actual evidence for this claim is here made available in English in a thoroughly updated version that engages the best of both European and North American scholarship from the 20th and 21st centuries. The book is a must for anyone seriously concerned to understand ancient epistolary communication, including one-third of the New Testament. --Troels Engberg-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen
This is an outstanding book, since it combines basic syllabus material with advanced philological and exegetical scholarship. Its author displays a profound knowledge both of Early Christianity and of the Hellenistic-Roman world. A special asset consists of the numerous little-known examples of ancient letters which are presented in a most convenient and easily accessible way in this rich book. --Samuel Vollenweider, University of Zurich, Switzerland
The ancient world, both Jewish, Greek, Roman and Christian, was through and through a culture of letter writing. Klauck's already classic, German presentation and discussion from 1998 of the actual evidence for this claim is here made available in English in a thoroughly updated version that engages the best of both European and North American scholarship from the 20th and 21st centuries. The book is a must for anyone seriously concerned to understand ancient epistolary communication, including one-third of the New Testament. --Troels Engberg-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen
This is an outstanding book, since it combines basic syllabus material with advanced philological and exegetical scholarship. Its author displays a profound knowledge both of Early Christianity and of the Hellenistic-Roman world. A special asset consists of the numerous little-known examples of ancient letters which are presented in a most convenient and easily accessible way in this rich book. --Samuel Vollenweider, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Hans-Josef Klauck (Th. D. University of Munich) is the Naomi Shenstone Donnelly Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at the University of Chicago.
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forwarded greetings, epistolary request, epistolary analysis, letter prescript, epistolary types, festival letter, rhetorical outline, epistolary closing, epistolary prescript, artificial proof, epistolary features, embedded letters, eschatological prospect, first main part, epistolary theory, doctrinal letters, health wish, papyrus letters, epistolary opening, peace wish, letter closing, literary letters, letter body, consoling letter, apostolic decree Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, New York, Diogenes Laertius, Jesus Christ, Grand Rapids, Old Testament, Ancient Epistolary Fictions, Asia Minor, Pastoral Epistles, Antonius Maximus, Holy Spirit, Pliny the Younger, Ancient East, Catholic Letters, Claudius Lysias, The Thessalonian Correspondence, Alexander Romance, Chion of Heraclea, Die Briefe, Judas Maccabeus, Nahal Hever, Par Jer, Penguin Classics, Wadi Murabbaat, Apollonius of Tyana New!
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forwarded greetings, epistolary request, epistolary analysis, letter prescript, epistolary types, festival letter, rhetorical outline, epistolary closing, epistolary prescript, artificial proof, epistolary features, embedded letters, eschatological prospect, first main part, epistolary theory, doctrinal letters, health wish, papyrus letters, epistolary opening, peace wish, letter closing, literary letters, letter body, consoling letter, apostolic decree Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, New York, Diogenes Laertius, Jesus Christ, Grand Rapids, Old Testament, Ancient Epistolary Fictions, Asia Minor, Pastoral Epistles, Antonius Maximus, Holy Spirit, Pliny the Younger, Ancient East, Catholic Letters, Claudius Lysias, The Thessalonian Correspondence, Alexander Romance, Chion of Heraclea, Die Briefe, Judas Maccabeus, Nahal Hever, Par Jer, Penguin Classics, Wadi Murabbaat, Apollonius of Tyana New!
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- Ancient Epistolary Fictions: The Letter in Greek Literature by Patricia A. Rosenmeyer on 10 pages
- Rhetoric, Scripture and Theology: Essays from the 1994 Pretoria Conference (Library Of New Testament Studies) by Stanley E. Porter on 4 pages
- Achilles Tatius: The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon (Loeb Classical Library) by Achilles Tatius in Front Matter, page 139, and Back Matter
- Studies in Ancient Greek Epistolography (Resources for Biblical Study) by M. Luther, Jr. Stirewalt in Front Matter, and page 174
- Libanius: Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume II, Letters 51-193 (Loeb Classical Library No. 479) by Libanius on page 118, and page 208
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