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Ancient Jewish letters and the beginnings of Christian epistolography

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Doering, Lutz, 1966-
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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 Ancient Jewish letters and the beginnings of Christian epistolography / Lutz Doering.
Publisher Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck
Creation Date c2012
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-560) and indexes.
Content 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.
Series Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
298
Extent xiv, 600 pages
24 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990034759290205171

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