ID: 901000930 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000930	Record Type: Literature

	Epistles (Bible, sacred text)

Note: A part of the Bible containing literary, formal, or public letters written by Paul and other early Christians to their communities.

Names:

	Epistles (Bible, sacred text) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian) (I)
		................Bible, New Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts) (P)
		....................Epistles (Bible, sacred text) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious texts
	.....(documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... epistle
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christian
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Epistles (Bible, sacred text)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)