Paul's letters and contemporary Greco-Roman literature: theorizing a new taxonomy
Preliminary Material /Paul M. Robertson -- Introduction /Paul M. Robertson -- 1 Paul, Paul’s Letters, and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature of the Ancient Mediterranean /Paul M. Robertson -- 2 Rethinking Paul and Paul’s Letters: Paul, Epictetus, and Philodemus in Context /Paul M. Robertson -- 3 Ho...
| Summary: | Preliminary Material /Paul M. Robertson -- Introduction /Paul M. Robertson -- 1 Paul, Paul’s Letters, and Contemporary Greco-Roman Literature of the Ancient Mediterranean /Paul M. Robertson -- 2 Rethinking Paul and Paul’s Letters: Paul, Epictetus, and Philodemus in Context /Paul M. Robertson -- 3 How Do We Compare Literature? Re-Classifying Paul’s Letters in a Socio-Literary Sphere /Paul M. Robertson -- 4 An Overview of the Data: Annotated Literary Criteria in Paul, Epictetus, Philodemus, and Other Pauline Comparanda /Paul M. Robertson -- 5 Socio-Historical Implications of Textual Comparison: The Education and Lives of Paul, Epictetus, and Philodemus /Paul M. Robertson -- Conclusion: Socio-Literary Spheres and Literary Classification in Biblical and Classical Studies /Paul M. Robertson -- Appendix /Paul M. Robertson -- Bibliography /Paul M. Robertson -- Index of Terms /Paul M. Robertson -- Index of Ancient Authors and Texts /Paul M. Robertson. 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 |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [247]-292 |
| ISBN: | 9004320261 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004320260 |