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A Well-Developed Argument for A Pauline Authorized Collection of Letters,
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This review is from: Paul the Letter-Writer (Good News Studies) (Paperback)
In the first part of this book the author provides a comprehensive survey of academic thought concerning the composition of Paul's letters including the use of secretaries and collaborators, the parts of a typical letter, and the forms/types of letters in Paul's day. He defends or refutes some of the positions discussed providing examples from letters and NT documents of the period. This section provides little room (110 pages of text) for detailed analysis leaving some issues for others to address. Consequently his detailed arguments focus primarily on issues that support the premise found in the second and final section of the book. The final section of the book supports the premise that Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, and Galatians were prepared for distribution by the Apostle Paul and his secretary as a single literary unit, an authorized collection of his letters with a single purpose and theme. There are many proofs and conjectures provided to support this position. His work deserves consideration and evaluation by others in this field of study.
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A fine introduction to ancient letter writing,
By James E. Allman "Grace man" (Rowlett, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Paul the Letter-Writer (Good News Studies) (Paperback)
Murphy-O'Connor has rendered a significant service to the study of New Testament, and especially Pauline, epistles. With chapters on the process of and materials for writing, and on the main consistent parts of ancient letters, we are given a survey from non-biblical to biblical epistles that is an important contribution to the whole field. Especially interesting is the author's account of the use of secretaries and the preservation of letters in the first century.
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This chapter is concerned with the mechanics of writing and sending a letter in the Greco-Roman world in which Paul lived and worked. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rhetorical schema, partial collections, papyrus letters, opening greeting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus, Institutio Oratoria, New Testament, Greek Anthology, Asia Minor, Old Testament, Holy Spirit, Natural History New!
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- Letters to His Friends, Volume III: Books 13-16 (Loeb Classical Library) by Cicero in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Greek Anthology, Volume II: Book 7: Sepulchral Epigrams. Book 8: The Epigrams of St. Gregory the Theologian (Loeb Classical Library) by W. R. Paton on page 2, and Back Matter
- The Birth of the Codex by Colin H. Roberts in Back Matter
- Parallel Lives / P.b.m.: The Relation of Paul to the Apostles in the Lucan Perspective (Paternoster Biblical Monographs) by Andrew C. Clark in Back Matter
- Lives of the Caesars (Oxford World's Classics) by Suetonius in Back Matter
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- Symbolic Blackness and Ethnic Difference in Early Christian Literature: BLACKENED BY THEIR SINS: Early Christian Ethno-Political Rhetorics about Egyptians, Ethiopians, Blacks and Blackness by Gay Byron in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Symbolic Blackness and Ethnic Difference in Early Christian Literature: BLACKENED BY THEIR SINS: Early Christian Ethno-Political Rhetorics about Egyptians, Ethiopians, Blacks and Blackness by Gay Byron in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus by Ben Witherington III on page 99, and Back Matter
- From Hope to Despair in Thessalonica: Situating 1 and 2 Thessalonians (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series) by Colin R. Nicholl in Back Matter
- Paul and His Letters by John B. Polhill on page 133
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