The Secretary in the Letters of Paul
1st Edition
Published on 10. December 2019
251 pages
978-3-16-157456-6 (ISBN)
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E. Randolph Richards
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Content
- Cover
- Titel
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- 1. Statement of the Problem
- 2. Methodology
- a) Terminology
- aa) Three Related Roles
- Copyist
- Letter Carrier
- Reader
- bb) Definition and Ancient Terms
- b) Primary Sources
- Chapter One The Secretary in Greco-Roman Antiquity
- 1. The Prevalence of the Secretary
- a) Official or Business Correspondence
- aa) Imperial
- bb) Business
- b) Private Correspondence
- aa) The Upper Classes
- bb) The Lower Classes
- 2. The Employment of a Secretary
- a) The Secretary as a Recorder
- aa) Syllabatim
- bb) Viva voce
- Evidence for Shorthand in Antiquity (Latin - Greek)
- Prevalence of the Use of Shorthand in the First Christian Century
- b) The Secretary as an Editor
- aa) The Secretary's Use of the Author's Draft
- bb) The Secretary's Use of the Author's Instructions
- c) The Secretary as a Co-author
- d) The Secretary as a Composer
- e) Related Issues
- aa) Responsibility
- bb) Training
- cc) Practical Considerations
- Chapter II The Role of the Secretary in a Particular Letter
- 1. Criteria for Detecting the Use of a Secretary in a Particular Letter
- a) Explicit Evidence
- aa) References by the Author
- bb) References by the Secretary
- Illiteracy Formulae
- Secretarial Remarks
- cc) Changes in Handwriting
- Autograph
- Annotations in a Copy
- Remarks in the Text
- b) Implicit Indications
- aa) The Presence of a Postscript
- Summary Subscriptions
- Additional Material
- bb) The Preference of the Author
- cc) The Particular Letter-type
- dd) Stylistic Variations in an Authentic Letter
- 2. Situational Considerations for Determining the Secretarial Method Employed in a Particular Letter
- a) An Author-Controlled Letter
- aa) The Secretary as a Recorder
- Syllabatim
- Viva voce
- bb) The Secretary as an Editor
- Author's Draft
- Author's Instructions
- b) A Secretary-Controlled Letter
- aa) The Secretary as a Co-author
- Involuntary
- Voluntary
- bb) The Secretary as a Composer
- 3. Differences Resulting from the Use of a Secretary
- a) Differences Possible in Any Type of Secretary-Assisted Letter
- b) Differences Possible From a Specific Secretarial Method
- aa) Differences Possible in an Author-Controlled Letter
- bb) Differences Possible in a Secretary-Controlled Letter
- Chapter III The Role of the Secretary in the Letters of Paul
- 1. Preliminary Considerations
- a) Paul's Relation to the Greco-Roman Letter Tradition
- aa) The Greco-Roman Letter
- Purpose
- Structure
- Content (Stereotyped Formulae - Epistolary Rhetoric)
- bb) The Pauline Letter
- Purpose
- Structure
- Content (Stereotyped Formulae - Epistolary Rhetoric)
- cc) The "Jerusalem or Tarsus" Debate: the Question of the Educational Background of Paul
- b) S??e????
- c) ?a?ad?se?? and ?eµß???a?
- aa) Paul's Use of ?a?ad?se?? and ?eµß???a?
- bb) Implications of the Use of ?a??d?s?? and ?eµß???a? in the Composition of a Letter
- 2. Paul's Employment of a Secretary
- a) Explicit Evidence
- aa) References by the Author
- bb) References by the Secretary
- Illiteracy Formulae
- Secretarial Remarks
- cc) Changes in handwriting
- Autographs
- Annotations in a Copy
- Remarks in the Text
- b) Implicit Indications
- aa) The Presence of a Postscript
- Summary Subscriptions
- Additional Material
- bb) The Preference of Paul
- cc) The Particular Letter-Type
- dd) Stylistic Variations in an Authentic Letter
- Establishing a Pauline Standard of Form, Style, and Diction
- Deviating Letters That Contain Argumentations, Tone, or Content Suggesting Paul
- Deviating Letters That Match the Style of a Trusted Colleague
- 3. An Evaluation of Paul's Use of a Secretary
- a) The Pauline Letters Written with Secretarial Assistance
- b) Toward an Analysis of Paul's Method of Using a Secretary
- Conclusion
- 1. The Role of the Secretary in Greco-Roman Antiquity
- 2. The Role of the Secretary in the Letters of Paul
- Appendix
- A. Types of Letters
- B. Examples of Various Locations for Introductory Formulae
- C. Various Types of Stereotyped Formulae
- D. The Greeting Formulae
- E. Examples of Chiasmus in Paul
- F. Examples of Tribulation Lists
- G. The "Literary or Non-Literary" (Deissmann) Debate: The Problem of Classifying the Letters of Paul
- H. Criteria for Detecting ?a??d?s?? and ?eµß???a? in the Pauline Letters
- Sources Consulted
- Indices
- Subjects
- Modern Authors
- Ancient Authors
- Papyri and Inscriptions
- References
