The New Testament in Its Literary Environment

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Westminster John Knox Press, Jan 1, 1987 - Religion - 260 pages

This volume in the Library of Early Christianity examines the literary techniques that were common during the development of the New Testament, and how these techniques influenced Scripture.

The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.

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Contents

Foreword by Wayne A Meeks
9
The Gospels as Ancient Biography
46
LukeActs and Ancient Historiography
77
46
99
The Generic Features of LukeActs
116
Letters in the Ancient World
158
Early Christian Letters and Homilies
183
The Apocalypse of John
226
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David E. Aune is Walter Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the New Testament and early Christianity.

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