Paul's Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature by Robertson, Paul

Paul's Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004320277)

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Format: Hardcover
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Paul's Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature by Robertson, Paul

Paul's Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature

$171.00
Paul's Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature by Robertson, Paul

Paul's Letters and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature

$171.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.


Author: Paul Robertson
ISBN-10: 900432027X
ISBN-13: 9789004320277
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2016
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.75d
By Paul Robertson
By Paul Robertson
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Paul Robertson, Ph.D. (2013), Brown University, is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Colby-Sawyer College. He received his BA from Reed College, and has published in classical studies, New Testament, and the theory of religion.

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