Paul and the ancient letter form
By: edited by Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams.
Contributors: Porter, Stanley E., 1956-; Adams, Sean A.
Series: Pauline studies -- v. 6
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 999
ISBN-13: 9789004181632
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Epistles of Paul -- Language, style; Greek letters -- History and criticism; Letter writing, Greek
Description: Pauline epistolography : an introduction /Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams --A functional letter perspective : towards a grammar of epistolary form /Stanley E. Porter --Paul's letter opening and Greek epistolography : a matter of relationship /Sean A. Adams --How to begin, and why? : diverse functions of the Pauline prescript within a Greco-Roman context /Philip L. Tite --Gospel within the constraints of an epistolary form : Pauline introductory thanksgivings and Paul's theology of thanksgiving /David W. Pao --Paul's letter thanksgiving /Peter Arzt-Grabner --A significant decade : the trajectory of the Hellenistic epistolary thanksgiving /Raymond F. Collins --Investigating the Pauline letter body : issues, methods, and approaches /Troy W. Martin --A moral dilemma? : the epistolary body of 2 Timothy /Cynthia Long Westfall --Paul's letter paraenesis /Young Chul Whang --Philosophical and epistolary contexts for Pauline paraenesis /Andrew W. Pitts --Sincerely, Paul : the significance of the Pauline letter closings /Jeffrey A.D. Weima..
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Pauline epistolography : an introduction / Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams; title: A functional letter perspective : towards a grammar of epistolary form / Stanley E. Porter; title: Paul's letter opening and Greek epistolography : a matter of relationship / Sean A. Adams; title: How to begin, and why : diverse functions of the Pauline prescript within a Greco-Roman context / Philip L. Tite; title: Gospel within the constraints of an epistolary form : Pauline introductory thanksgivings and Paul's theology of thanksgiving / David W. Pao; title: Paul's letter thanksgiving / Peter Arzt-Grabner; title: A significant decade : the trajectory of the hellenistic epistolary thanksgiving / Raymond F. Collins; title: Investigating the Pauline letter body : issues, methods, and approaches / Troy W. Martin; title: A moral dilemma : the epistolary body of 2 Timothy / Cynthia Long Westfall; title: Paul's letter paraenesis / Young Chul Whang; title: Philosophical and epistolary contexts for Pauline paraenesis / Andrew W. Pitts; title: Sincerely, Paul : the significance of the Pauline letter closings / Jeffrey A.D. Weima.