The Chapter at a Glance Component Parts of a Letter Opening Salutations • The Sender of a Letter • The Recipient of a Letter • The Greeting of a Letter Types of New Testament Epistolary Correspondence • Types of Ancient Letters • Types of General Letters Trained Letter Writers • The Need for Trained Letter Writers • Pseudonymity and the General Letters AS WE BEGIN THIS CHAPTER ABOUT “The Genre of the General Letters,” it is helpful to bear in mind that we are talking