Paul’s Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature

Paul’s Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9789004320260
ISBN-13 : 9004320261
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Book Synopsis Paul’s Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature by : Paul Robertson

Download or read book Paul’s Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature written by Paul Robertson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Paul Robertson re-describes the form of the apostle Paul’s letters in a manner that facilitates transparent, empirical comparison with texts not typically treated by biblical scholars. Paul’s letters are best described by a set of literary characteristics shared by certain Greco-Roman texts, particularly those of Epictetus and Philodemus. Paul Robertson theorizes a new taxonomy of Greco-Roman literature that groups Paul’s letters together with certain Greco-Roman, ethical-philosophical texts written at a roughly contemporary time in the ancient Mediterranean. This particular grouping, termed a socio-literary sphere, is defined by the shared form, content, and social purpose of its constituent texts, as well as certain general similarities between their texts’ authors.


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