Corpus-Paul

[Tim Harris <tim.harris AT stmatts.asn.au>]

Tacitus (Ann. 11:7) records Claudius giving consideration to the payment of 
fees
to professional rhetoricians, limiting their fees to 10,000 sesterces. I 
haven't
got copies at hand, but I have a note that refers to treatment of the Claudian
court reforms in J.A. Crook, Legal Advocacy in the Romans World (1995),
129-131, and G.A. Kennedy, The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World (1972), 437.

Regards,

Dr. Tim Harris
Senior Minister
Kensington-Norwood Anglican Ministry Team
PO Box 56, Kensington Park
South Australia, 5068

Quoting "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT comcast.net>:

| In Acts 24:1 we hear about the enlisting by the High Priest of a RHTWR
| to advance the prosecution of Paul before Felix.  Who and what was a
| RHTWR besides an orator?  BDAG gloss the term with "prosecuting
| attorney".  But it is my understanding that there was no such occupation
| as attorney or official forensic office yet in existence at this time.
| Anyone here done any work on the function of the RHTWR in courts and in
| trials?
| 
| Yours,
| 
| Jeffrey
| --
| 
| Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.)
| 
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