Ancient Letters and the New Testament: A Guide to Context and Exegesis
by Hans-Josef Klauck
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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 show more with answers suit this guide to student and scholar alike. show lessTags
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Baylor University Press must be commended for a meticulous job, and Carey Newman should be thanked for encouraging this wonderful English edition.
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Hans-Josef Klauck (Th.D. University of Munich) is the Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at the University of Chicago
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