Title: Paul's letters and contemporary Greco-Roman literature
Description: "In this volume, Paul Robertson re-describes the form of the apostle Paul's letters in a manner that facilitates transparent, empirical comparison with texts not typically treated by biblical scholars. Paul's letters are best described by a set of literary characteristics shared by certain Greco-Roman texts, particularly those of Epictetus and Philodemus. Paul Robertson theorizes a new taxonomy of Greco-Roman literature that groups Paul's letters together with certain Greco-Roman, ethical-philosophical texts written at a roughly contemporary time in the ancient Mediterranean. This particular grouping, termed a socio-literary sphere, is defined by the shared form, content, and social purpose of its constituent texts, as well as certain general similarities between their texts' authors."--
Subjects: Classical letters, History and criticism, Relation to the New Testament, Bible, Ethik, Criticism, interpretation, Textvergleich, Literatur, Bibel, Antike, Latin literature, Greek literature, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. epistles, Paul, the apostle, saint, Classical literature, history and criticism, Classical literature
People: Philodemus (ca. v110 - v35), Paul the Apostle, Saint, Epictetus (50-130)