Paul and First-Century Letter Writing Secretaries, Composition and Collection

Name: Paul and First-Century Letter Writing Secretaries, Composition and Collection
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ISBN: 9780830827886

ISBN-10: 0830827889

ISBN-13: 9780830827886

Edition: 2004

Authors: E. Randolph Richards

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Traditional Christian art depicts Paul the letter writer, pen in hand, attentive to the Spirit. We might think we know better and 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.In Paul's day, producing a letter was a time-consuming and costly business. And we have ample resources from the ancient world to piece together what it must have been like. A secretary was usually part of the picture. But so were notes, drafts, corrections and careful rewrites, not to speak of scratchy pens, sooty ink and coarse papyrus. Interestingly, there is evidence that Paul involved his missionary team in…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 10/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

E. Randolph Richards (M.Div. and Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is dean of the School of Ministry and professor of biblical studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. He has frequently served as an interim or "supply" pastor, and from 1988 to 1996 he was a missionary with the International Mission Board, SBC, stationed in East Indonesia. His scholarly articles have appeared in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Southwestern Journal of Theology, Bulletin for Biblical Research and Biblical Illustrator. He is coauthor of Discovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters and Theology and The Story of Israel: A Biblical Theology.…



Preface


Abbreviations


Introduction



A Modern, Western Paul



Paul as a First-Century Letter Writer



The Tools of a Letter Writer



Secretaries in the First-Century World



Paul's Use of a Secretary



Identifying Inserted Material



Weaving Together a Letter



Classifying Paul's Letters



Analyzing Paul's Writing Style



Preparing a Letter for Dispatch



Dispatching the Letter



Paul's Letter Carriers



Paul's Use of His Letter Carriers



Collecting Paul's Letters



Inspiration and First-Century Letter Writing


Conclusion


Bibliography


Modern Authors Index


Subject Index


Scripture Index