THEO1088 Lecture 27: MARCH27_THEO100206_WALTON
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Website orbis. standford. edu gives a greater perspective about how difficult it was for christianity to spread (long journeys) Letters of new testament (21/27) of the nt books: how do they function in the ancient world as they travel place to place, psuedepigraphy (from powell definition belo_ Paul: the letters called galatians means paul is writing to the people in galatia, 13 letters associated with paul. 7 undisputed as written by paul (the other 6 are questionable) What difference does this make? how does it effect how we read these letters for scripture and for historical study? how did they understand it in ancient world. Letters by paul to churches (longest to shortest) Letters by paul to individuals (longest to shortest) Letters by james, peter, john, and jude. Captivity epistles or prison letters (while paul was in prison if he was the one. Catholic epistles or general letters (catholic = universal - letters of james or hebrews)
