Letters and communities : studies in the socio-political dimensions of ancient epistolography / edited by Paola Ceccarelli, Lutz Doering, Thorsten Fögen, and Ingo Gildenhard.

• Paola Ceccarelli, Lutz Doering, Thorsten Fögen, and Ingo Gildenhard -- Introduction / Part A: Theory and practice of epistolary communication. 1. Ancient approaches to letter-writing and the configuration of communities through epistles / Thorsten Fögen -- 2. Couriers and conventions in Cicero's epostolary network / Bianca-Jeanette Schröder -- Part B: Configurations of power and epistolary communication : from Greece to Rome. 3. Tyrants, letters, and legitimacy / Sian Lewis -- 4. Powers in dialogue: the letters and diagrammata of Macedonian kings to local communities / Manuela Mari -- 5. Letters and decrees: diplomatic protocols in the Hellenistic period / Paola Ceccarelli -- 6. Letters, diplomacy, and the Roman conquest of Greece / Robin Osborne -- 7. A republic in letters: epistolary communities in Cicero's correspondence, 49-44 BCE / Ingo Gildenhard -- Part C: Letters and communities in ancient Judaism and early Christianity. 8. The literacy and ideological character of the letters in Ezra 4-7 / Sebastian Grätz -- 9. 'From me, Jerusalem, the Holy City, to you Alexandria in Egypt, my sister...' (Bavli Sanhedrin 107b): the role of letters in power relations between 'centre' and 'periphery' in Judaism in the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Islamic periods / Philip Alexander -- 10. Configuring addressee communities in ancient Jewish letters: the case of the epistle of Baruch (2 Baruch 78-86) / Lutz Doering -- 11. The letters of Paul and the construction of early Christian networks / John M. G. Barclay -- 12. The communities configured in the letter of James / Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr -- Part D: Envoi. 13. Conversing with the absent, corresponding with the dead: friendship and philosophical community in Seneca's letters / Catharine Edwards.

• In the ancient world, letter-writing not only forged connections between individuals, but also helped to construct and cultivate group-identities and communities. This volume explores the interrelation of epistolary communication and socio-political practice across four key cultural configurations: Greece, Rome, Judaism, and Christianity. 

Ämnesord

Brev  (sao)

Letters  -- Early works to 1800. (LCSH)

Letter writing, Greek  -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Letter writing, Latin  -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Letter writing, Hebrew  -- Social aspects -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Brevskrivning  -- sociala aspekter -- historia (sao)

Letters  (LCSH)

Före 1500  (sao)

Genre

Historiska källor  (saogf)

Early works.  (fast)

History.  (fast)

Klassifikation

PN4400 (LCC)

809.6 (DDC)