Early Christianity: The Letters of Paul

Judicial/forensic, deliberative, epideictic

image of book with letters emerging

news, questions and ideas into a letter

circle of letters with x over it

Man reading letter to group of people

Two men

$ heart ? sad face checkmark

There

Map of communities the letters were sent to

Paul the slave, Paul the apostle, Paul the captive

Paul and others cosend letters

3 groups of people talking

many texts being combined into one bible

Recognized books, Disputed boos, and Rejected booksfor the bible

Greek inscriptions a Priene

2 men holding staffs

2 men shaking hads

Jewish Philosophies

Christians in 112 CE

Christians in Antioch  90-110CE

1 Corinthians 10:1-7

1 Corinthians 12:2

Second Temple period

2nd century CE Jerusalem and 6th century BCE Babylonia

2 men and the text Go and Teach the Word of God

1 man and 1 woman and the text I am the handmaid of the living God

Tryphaena

1 woman and 2 seals

venn diagram of relgion and politics Paul

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