"This is the most important and original study of literacy and the function of writing in ancient society to have appeared in the last twenty years. In a master

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

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

Ancient funerary reliefs are full of representations of writing materials and instruments, the interpretation of which can help us better understand the phenome

"In this work, Lyn M. Kidson moves away from the traditional interpretation of 1 Timothy as a church manual and argues that the coordinating purpose of the lett