Light From Ancient Letters by White, John - 1986

Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Blue boards with white lettering; blue and off-white dj with white spine lettering, mylar cover; xviii, 238 pp; bw illustrations. "With this collection of ancient Greek letters--written on papyrus and discovered in Egypt--John L. White provides a "comparative body of texts for studying the style of early Christian letters in the New Testament and the early church fathers." He seeks, as well, to contribute to an understanding of socio-political and economic factors within Greco-Roman Egypt and to illuminate broad environmental factors that help in understanding both Judaism and Christianity in the Greco-Roman period."- DJ. Contents: Illustrations -- Foreword to the Series -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Texts & Translations -- 2. Greek Letter Writing -- Bibliography -- Administrative Officials and Offices in Graeco-Roman Egypt -- Index of Sources -- Index of Personal Names -- Index on Places -- General Subject Index -- Index of Letter Writing.