Paul and the Ancient Letter Form

Stanley E. Porter, Ph.D. (1988) in Biblical Studies and Linguistics, the University of Sheffield, is President and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has published extensively in New Testament and related subjects, and has also edited the first five volumes in the Pauline Studies series.Sean A. Adams, Ph.D. (Cand.) in New Testament and Christian Origins, the University of Edinburgh. He has published in the areas of Greek linguistics, New Testament literary background and Pauline letters.

Il volume…offre una rassegna pressoché complete del panorama epistolare e rappresenta uno strumento prezioso per gli studiosi dell’epistolario paolinoAntonio Landi, Asprenas 58 (2011)It is clear that the contributions to this volume, summarizing and assessing previous research and sometimes also treading some new paths of study on some of the most important elements of the Pauline letters, are more than welcome.Bart J. Koet, Bijdragen, International Journal in Philosophy and Theology 73.1

• Pauline Epistolography: An IntroductionStanley E. Porter and Sean A. AdamsA Functional Letter Perspective: Towards a Grammar of Epistolary FormStanley E. PorterPaul’s Letter Opening and Greek Epistolography: A Matter of RelationshipSean A. AdamsHow to Begin, and Why? Diverse Functions of the Pauline Prescript within a Greco-Roman ContextPhilip L. TiteGospel within the Constraints of an Epistolary Form: Pauline Introductory Thanksgivings and Paul’s Theology of ThanksgivingDavid W. PaoPaul’s Letter ThanksgivingPeter Arzt-GrabnerA Significant Decade: The Trajectory of the Hellenistic Epistolary ThanksgivingRaymond F. Collins Investigating the Pauline Letter Body: Issues, Methods, and ApproachesTroy W. MartinA Moral Dilemma? The Epistolary Body of 2 TimothyCynthia Long WestfallPaul’s Letter ParaeesisYoung Chul WhangIndex of Modern Authors Index of Ancient Sources