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Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation
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ISBN: 0415285518 041528550X 9780415285506 9780415285513 9786610562848 1280562846 0203964780 1134451059 9780203964781 9781134451005 9781134451043 9781134451050 Year: 2006 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge,

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The first reference to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis of works of fiction, and the formal substructure for many kinds of poem. Patricia Rosenmeyer, an authority on the history of the Greek letter, assembles in this book a representative selection of such 'literary letters', from Aelian and Alciphron to Philostrartus and the supposed letters


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Paul and the ancient letter form
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ISSN: 15724913 ISBN: 9789004181632 9004181636 9786612786631 9004190678 1282786636 9789004190672 9781282786639 Year: 2010 Volume: 6 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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Throughout the last century, there has been continuous study of Paul as a writer of letters. Although this fact was acknowledged by previous generations of scholars, it was during the twentieth century that the study of ancient letter-writing practices came to the fore and began to be applied to the study of the letters of the New Testament. This volume seeks to advance the discussion of Paul's relationship to Greek epistolary traditions by evaluating the nature of ancient letters as well as the individual letter components. These features are evaluated alongside Paul's letters to better understand Paul's use and adaptations of these traditions in order to meet his communicative needs.


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Epistolary narratives in ancient Greek literature
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ISBN: 9789004249608 9789004253032 9004249605 9004253033 Year: 2013 Volume: 359 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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The literary letter was one of the most versatile and popular forms of writing in Greek antiquity, yet one of the least widely studied today. The use of the letter within narrative or as narrative medium is something which the Ancient Greek literary tradition established as central to the western world (especially through the letters of Plato, Hippocrates and the Christian epistolographers). This volume presents detailed literary readings of a wide range of Greek literary letter collections. By comparison of the various narrative strategies taken within Greek epistolary texts across a range of genres, cultural backgrounds, and time periods, the volume takes a significant step towards the appreciation of Greek epistolary collections as a unique literary phenomenon.


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Ancient Jewish letters and the beginnings of Christian epistolography
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ISBN: 3161522362 9783161522369 Year: 2012 Volume: 298 Publisher: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck,

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The author provides the most extensive analysis available of ancient Jewish letter writing from the Persian period until the early rabbinic literature. In addition, he demonstrates the significance of Jewish letters for the development of early Christian letter writing.


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Correspondances : documents pour l'histoire de l'Antiquité tardive : actes du colloque international, Université Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille 3, 20-22 novembre 2003
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ISSN: 02445689 ISBN: 9782356680037 2356680039 Year: 2009 Volume: 13 40 Publisher: Lyon Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée

Die Johannesoffenbarung als Brief : Studien zu ihrem literarischen, historischen und theologischen Ort
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ISBN: 3525538189 9783525538180 Year: 1986 Volume: 140 Publisher: Göttingen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

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