Paul and First-Century Letter Writing
Subtitle: Secretaries, Composition and Collection
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780830827886
Subjects: Epistles of Paul; N.T; Classical letters; Bible - Hermeneutics; Religion - Church History; Letter writing, Classical; Religion; History and criticism; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Christianity - History - General; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - New Testament; Ancient - Rome; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament; Bible
First sentence: In this chapter we are going to question how appropriate is our current understanding of "author."
Description: "Traditional Christian art depicts Paul the letter writer, pensive and pen in hand, attentive to the Spirit. Contemporary students of Paul might imagine him pacing in agitation as he rapidly dictates to a secretary his letter to the Galatians. But in reality neither of these pictures is accurate. Randolph Richards gives us a truly informed look at the letter-writing process in Paul's day and offers a new and intriguing perspective on how this important portion of Christian Scripture came to be."--BOOK JACKET.