Corpus-Paul

[<crhutson AT salisbury.net>]

Jeffrey,

You might take a look at Bruce W. Winter, Philo and Paul Among the Sophists.  
Winter discusses how rhetors might hire out their services for this sort of 
thing.

Chris

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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT comcast.net>
Reply-To: Corpus-Paul <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date:  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:18:28 -0600

>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
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>Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.)
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