28. Margaret Mitchell, "New Testament Envoys in the Context of Diplomatic & Epistolary Conventions"

28. Margaret Mitchell, "New Testament Envoys in the Context of Diplomatic & Epistolary Conventions"

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What role did envoys and emissaries play in Paul's ministry? What cultural conventions influenced early Christian talk about envoys? A discussion of Margaret M Mitchell's 1992 essay, "New Testament Envoys in the Context of Greco-Roman Diplomatic and Epistolary Conventions."

Margaret M. Mitchell, "New Testament Envoys in the Context of Greco-Roman Diplomatic and Epistolary Conventions: The Example of Timothy and Titus" Journal of Biblical Literature 111.4 (1992): 641-662.

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