Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament,
Volume Designation
298
ISSN of Series
0512-1604 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-560) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Ancient Jewish documentary letters -- Letters in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Scriptures -- Literary letters in the Dead Sea scrolls -- Letters in the early Jewish pseudepigrapha -- Letters in Philo of Alexandria and Flavius Josephus -- Early rabbinic letters -- Paul's letters in the context of Jewish letter writing -- The Catholic Epistles and other early Christian letters -- Conclusions.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The author provides the most extensive analysis available of ancient Jewish letter writing from the Persian period until the early rabbinic literature. In addition, he demonstrates the significance of Jewish letters for the development of early Christian letter writing.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
New Testament., Epistles of Paul-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.