01480cam a22002051i 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020002100062035001100083040001500094044000800109082001600117100001600133245005800149260003800207300001000245440005700255505093300312700002901245OSt20231030063745.0960611s xxu 000 0 eng d a080060170X (pbk) a318593 bengcZAAPA axxu 220a227.0661 aDoty, W. G.10aLetters in primitive Christianity /cWilliam G. Doty. aPhiladelphia :bFortress,cc1973. a84 p. aGuides to Biblical ScholarshipnNew Testament Series aEpistolary Literature in Herllenism: Graeco-Roman Letters -- Types of Letters -- Letter Theorists and Handbooks -- Characteristic features of the Greek Letter -- Summary: Hellenistic letters -- Primitive Christian letters The Pauline letters: Adaptations and Modifications -- The Form of the Pauline Letters: Opening; Thanksgiving; Body; Paraenesis; Closing; Summary and observations: The Pauline Letters Forms within the New Testament Epistles: Study in the Epistles: Stylistic and Rhetorical features; Structural features; Formal and Generic Treaits; Use of Traditional Materials -- Formal Elements in the Letters: Autobiography; Apocalyptic; Catalogues and Lists; Catechesis; Confessional Formulae; Hymnic Materials; Judgment; Additional Formal Elements Early Christian Letters: Post-Pauline writings in Letter Form; The Pseudo-Pauline and Universal Letters; Post-Canonical Letters; Interpretive reflections aVia, Dan O (Jr) (Editor)