Early Christian epistolarity / edited by Judith M. Lieu, Matthijs den Dulk.
| Other author | Lieu, Judith, editor. |
| Other author | Dulk, Matthijs den, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | x, 380 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical approaches to early Christianity, 2589-9805 ; Critical approaches to early Christianity ; v. 5. 2589-9805 UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Introduction / Matthijs den Dulk -- Part 1. The rediscovery of Christian epistolarity : from Paul to Eusebius / Judith M. Lieu -- Rewriting time and space : absence and presence / Judith M. Lieu -- Experiencing relationships and creating networks / Judith M. Lieu -- Part 2. Paul in letters : the impact of letter collections on the origin of Christian epistolarity and the question of the historical Paul / Angela Standhartinger -- The epistolary shape of epistemic and noetic thinking : Paul on self-cognition and self-knowledge / Eve-Marie Becker -- Time and timelessness in Ignatius’ letters / Jan Willem van Henten -- Remembering Ignatius : letters as processes of Christian memory-making / Cavan Concannon -- Fashioning allegiance and dissent : social networks and the letters of Cyprian of Carthage / Harry O. Maier -- Measuring and simulating early clerical social relations : quantitative network analysis and the letters of Cyprian and Dionysius of Alexandria / Adam Schor -- How letters made history in late antiquity : embedded letters in narratives of classical and Christian Rome / Bronwen Neil -- Epistolary networks : transmission and flux in ancient letter collections / J. Gregory Given -- Letters of refuge : early Christian epistolography from modern Calais to ancient Gaul / James Corke-Webster -- Epilogue / Judith M. Lieu. |
| Abstract | "Many surviving early Christian writings are in the form of letters, some sent by and to those named, others imagined. What did the authors, copyists, and later collectors intend by authoring or reworking letters, as opposed to other genres? How did the first or subsequent readers respond, differently perhaps than to a novel or history? In her Radboud Prestige Lectures in New Testament, published in this volume, Judith Lieu explores these questions by drawing on the concept of 'epistolarity.' Her lectures are followed by chapters by leading experts in the field who engage her work from different angles, finding points of contact and potential conversation between different text and authors, together with possibilities for further exploration and application." -- Publisher, page four of cover. |
| General note | Based on the Radboud Prestige Lectures delivered by Judith M. Lieu in Nijmegen in 2022. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Early Christian epistolarity Leiden : Brill, [2025] 9789004748859 |
| Genre/form | Correspondence |
| LCCN | 2025050896 |
| ISBN | 9789004746145 |
| ISBN | 9004746145 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
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