Letters and letter writing / / Peter Arzt-Grabner.

• Superior document: Papyri and the New Testament, vol. 2
• VerfasserIn: Arzt-Grabner, Peter, 1959-
• Place / Publishing House: Paderborn, Germany : : Brill Schöningh,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Papyri and the New Testament ; v. 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (485 pages)

New Testament letters are compared with private, business, and administrative letters of Greco-Roman antiquity and analyzed against this background. More than 11,800 Greek and Latin letters - preserved on papyrus, potsherds, and tablets from Egypt, Israel, Asia Minor, North Africa, Britain, and Swit...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Papyrological and Epigraphical Abbreviations
• Other Ancient Texts
• Frequently Cited Literature
• Dear Reader,
• Chapter 1 Papyrology and Letter Writing: A Short History
• Chapter 2 Papyrus Letters and the Letters of the New Testament
• Length and Clarity
• Educational Level and Language Skills
• Private, Literary, and Official Letters
• A Closer Look #1: Paul of Tarsus and Other Emotional Letter Writers
• Chapter 3 Letter Types
• Ancient Epistolary Theorists and Model Letters
• Modern Attempts of Classification
• Letters of Recommendation
• Chapter 4 Letter Writers
• Authors, Scribes, and Secretaries
• Multiple Senders
• Drafts and Corrections
• Letters as Representations of Their Authors
• A Closer Look #2: Tertius, the Scribe of Romans
• Chapter 5 Letter Sections, Formulas, and Clichés
• Layouts
• The Letter Opening
• Opening Greeting
• Forms of Address
• Multiple Addressees
• Health Wish and Prayer Report
• Motif of Remembrance
• Transitions from Letter Opening to Letter Body
• The Letter Body and Its Parts
• Formulas and Clichés of the Introductory Part of the Letter Body
• Report of Joy
• Thanksgiving Report
• Explanation for a Postponed Visit
• Complaint about Astonishing Behavior
• A Closer Look #3: Paul's Complaint in Gal 1:6-7
• Formulas and Clichés of the Middle Part of the Letter Body
• Disclosure Formulas
• Requests and Commands
• References to Previous Messages and Current Letters
• Responses to Letters and Messages
• Moral Instructions
• A Closer Look #4: Denial of Permission in 1 Tim 2:12 and 1 Cor 14:34
• Formulas and Clichés of the Concluding Part of the Letter Body
• Announcement of Visit or Invitation to Visit the Letter Sender
• Final Requests or Reminder of Main Concern
• Offer to Meet the Addressee's Needs
• The Letter Closing.
• Secondary Greetings
• Final Health Wish and Final Prayer Report
• Final Greeting
• A Closer Look #5: Paul's Handwriting
• Optional Additions
• Postscript
• Dating
• Address
• Sealings and Stamps
• Chapter 6 Transport and Reception of Letters
• Appended Letters and Multiple Letters on a Single Papyrus
• Bearers of Letters and Their Roles
• Signs of Authenticity
• Reading
• Chapter 7 Some General Conclusions
• Chapter 8 The Letters
• A Note on the Provided Data and Translations
• Explanation of Diacritical Sigla
• Pre-forms of Letters and Early Letters (VI-IV BCE): [2.52]-[2.55]
• Letter from the Ptolemaic Period (323-30 BCE): [2.56]
• Letters from the Early Roman Empire (30 BCE-late II CE): [2.57]-[2.167]
• Letters from the Third and Fourth Centuries CE: [2.168]-[2.188]
• Glossary
• Additions to and Corrections of Edited Papyri, Ostraca, and Tablets
• Indexes
• Greek and Latin Papyri, Ostraca, and Tablets
• New Testament.