Nina Livesey's [NL] fourth chapter of The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context makes the case for Paul's letters being composed around the middle of the second century CE. NL refers to the earlier work of the Dutch Radical Willem Christiaan van Manen [you can read the cited section on| Vridar
Fictional or literary letters - our interest here - grew in popularity from approximately 100 BCE - 250 CE, a period marked by the presence of sophists, rhetors, and professional teachers. (NL 138) Seneca was Nero's tutor up to the time he became emperor. Seneca also wrote plays and letters. The le| Vridar
Continuing reading Nina Livesey's [NL] The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context, we now come to the question of the stark differences between the Paul of the letters against the Paul of the Acts of the Apostles. In Acts Paul is submissive to the Jerusalem authorities and sympathetic to la| Vridar
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14th March 2019: New post covering the professional side of my life as a librarian: On Being a Librarian ... Since I wrote the following spiel -- in late February 2012 to be more precise -- Tim Widowfield has joined me as a regular co-contributor to this blog. The closest piece to a little "bio" o| Vridar
