Paul and First-Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition and Collection Jacob Bear Author: Arseny Tarkovsky

Author: Arseny Tarkovsky

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ISBN10: 0801489954

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Paul and First-Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition and Collection Jacob Bear Author: Arseny TarkovskyTraditional Christian art depicts Paul the letter writer, pen in hand, attentive to the Spirit. We might think we know better and imagine him pacing in agitation as he rapidly dictates to a secretary his letter to the Galatians. But in reality neither of these pictures is accurate. In Paul's day, producing a letter was a time consuming and costly business. And we have ample resources from the ancient world to piece together what it must have been