Description
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.
Author: Hans-Josef Klauck
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 539
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.06w x 1.26d
ISBN13: 9781932792409
ISBN10: 1932792406
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | New Testament
- Religion | Biblical Studies | Exegesis & Hermeneutics
About the Author
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.