This anthology brings together the following contributions: In his essay, E. Lohse explores the beginnings of early Christian literature. O. Kaiser examines correspondence between the biblical philologists H. Ewald and H. Hupfeld. W. Künne documents Goethe’s attachment to Bolzano, and W. Ludwig analyzes the Latin of the Epistolae Turcicae. In the volume’s final contribution, K. Reich analyzes the exchange of letters between the mathematician Gauss and his friend and biographer, the geologist Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen.