In this selection of letters, notable Romans write about themselves and their times, as well as about personal and public matters. Seneca provides indignant remarks about the behavior of women in Nero’s Rome. From his monastic cell in Bethlehem, St. Jerome berates St. Augustine for gossip he may have spread. Some letters give a different perspective to history, while other talk of harvests, marriages, and day-to-day events. For historical continuity, Hooper and Schwartz include a running commentary and brief biographical sketches on the writers.
A propos de l’auteur
Matthew B. Schwartz teaches Ancient and Biblical Studies at Wayne State University and at Lawrence Technological University. He has written or co-written numerous articles, reviews, and several articles for encyclopedias. His books include Roman Letters (with Finley Hooper, 1991), Jewish Approaches to Suicide, Martyrdom and Euthanasia (1998), Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling (2004), The Seven Habits of the Good Life (2006), The Fruit of Her Hands: A Psychology of Biblical Woman (2007), A Psychology of Hope: A Biblical Response to Tragedy and Suicide (2008), Politics in the Hebrew Bible (2013), (the last six with Kalman Kaplan).
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