The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context : Reassessing Apostolic Authorship Hardback
by Nina E. (University of Oklahoma) Livesey
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Since the late-nineteenth century scholars have all but concluded that the Apostle Paul authored six authentic community letters (Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, and 1 Thessalonian) and one individual letter to Philemon.
In this book, by contrast, Nina E. Livesey argues that this long-held interpretation has been inadequately substantiated and theorized.
In her ground-breaking study, Livesey reassesses the authentic perspective and, based on her research, reclassifies the letters as pseudonymous and letters-in-form-only.
Like Seneca with his Moral Epistles, authors of Pauline letters extensively exploited the letter genre for its many rhetorical benefits to promote disciplinary teachings. Based on the types of issues addressed and the earliest known evidence of a collection, Livesey dates the letters' emergence to the mid-second century and the Roman school of Marcion.
Her study significantly revises the understanding of Christian letters and conceptions of early Christianity, as it likewise reflects the benefit of cross-disciplinarity.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:364 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/07/2024
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- ISBN:9781009487054
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Pre-Order
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:364 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/07/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009487054
