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How is understanding the process of letter-writing in the ancient Greco-Roman world helpful to your study of the epistles found in Scripture?
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14 Replies
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Maybe helps to understand the author’s method of outlining all of the details query in the letters.
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Understanding the protocol that Paul and his audiences expected highlights meaning when Paul intentionally violates the protocol–like omitting the thanksgiving part in the letter to the Galatians shows how disturbed Paul is, and how urgently he wants to get the Galatians’ attention about this issue.
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It gives historical background for context and meaning.
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It makes understanding the letter easier. One can follow the flow of the meaning of the letter to its intended audience.
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Being the simple man that I am it really does not any difference to as long as it is done in a understanding way.
