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.

Thanks to Carnegie Band for use of their song "Come Home."

14. Margaret M Mitchell, "Paul's Letters to Corinth"

14. Margaret M Mitchell, "Paul's Letters to Corinth"

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How many letters did Paul write to Corinth? How many of them are in the New Testament? How did Paul offend the Corinthian church? A discussion of Margaret M Mitchell's "The Interpretive Intertwining of Literary and Historical Reconstruction."

Margaret M Mitchell, "Paul's Letter to Corinth: The Interpretive Intertwining of Literary and Historical Reconstruction," in Daniel N Schowalter and Steven J. Friesen (eds.) Urban Religion in Roman Corinth: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005): 306-338.

Thanks to Carnegie Band for use of their song "Come Home."