This book explores the social significance of letter writing. Letter writing is one of the most pervasive literate activities in human societies, crossing forma

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Making use of letters--both formal and personal--that have been preserved through the ages, Stanley Stowers analyzes the cultural setting within which Christian

Letter writing was widespread in the Graeco-Roman world, as indicated by the large number of surviving letters and their extensive coverage of all social catego