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Daniel M. Gurtner 1:1. Ancient letters, particularly of an oriental and Jewish model, tended to begin with the name of the sender and the addressees followed by a greeting: “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace” (Ezra 7:12; cf. Dan. 4:1; 2 Bar. 78.2; see comment on Eph. 1:2). Paul is the Hellenistic-Roman name used in place of the Jewish “Saul.” Jews in Greek-speaking
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