I would like to see the following titles by David Aune:
The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric
Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World
The New Testament in Its Literary Environment (Library of Early Christianity)
Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Magic in Early Christianity: Collected Essays
I would still like to see these.
Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World The New Testament in Its Literary Environment (Library of Early Christianity) Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Magic in Early Christianity: Collected Essays
Joseph, I am not familiar with the author, but these three titles immediately catch my attention.
Looks good, but not at those prices.
Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World The New Testament in Its Literary Environment (Library of Early Christianity) Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Magic in Early Christianity: Collected Essays Joseph, I am not familiar with the author, but these three titles immediately catch my attention.
David Aune is the author of all three volumes on Revelation within the Word Biblical Commentary series. So the study of the prophetic literature of the Bible is his area of expertise.
I did not realize that the Westminster dictionary is available on Kindle for $9.99. I may have to get that, and then I can sell my hardcover! I would much rather have it in Logos though.
Philana, you have just tripled my interest in reading that volume of Word Biblical Commentary. Have looked at it before, but not with much interest, that has just changed.
David Aune is the author of all three volumes on Revelation within the Word Biblical Commentary series. So the study of the prophetic literature of the Bible is his area of expertise. Philana, you have just tripled my interest in reading that volume of Word Biblical Commentary. Have looked at it before, but not with much interest, that has just changed.
WBC is one of my Go-To Commentaries.
I would like to see the following titles by David Aune: The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World The New Testament in Its Literary Environment (Library of Early Christianity) Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Magic in Early Christianity: Collected Essays
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Aune's commentary on Revelation is top-notch. It has a rating of 80.3 (#4) on BestCommentaries.com, and I've found it quite useful. These all look like they'd be great books to have in Logos. I'd buy them.
He and Craig Keener are similar in that they both use exhaustive primary source material to provide literary and cultural context.
Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Magic in Early Christianity: Collected Essays
I have both of these in print, and would love to see them in Logos. The first one, in particular, is something of a classic — although Grudem's review in series 59 of Evangelical Quarterly provides an important corrective.
Mark, I looked for that review and couldn't find it anywhere. What was the corrective?
It's to do with Aune's insistence on merely being historical and refusing to do any theological analysis.
Although it contains a remarkable amount of valuable material, this is ultimately a disappointing book… because a methodological commitment to a certain type of “historical” rather than “theological” study prevents Aune from correctly understanding the nature of early Christian prophecy. In Aune's view a truly “historical” study must exclude any reference to the work of God or the Holy Spirit as if it were a historical reality or as if we could know anything about it… Let us assume for a moment — just for the sake of argument — that the basic world view presented in Scripture is in fact true: i.e., that God exists, that he acts as Scripture says he acts, and that the Holy Spirit inspires true prophets in the Old Testament and the New Testament while false prophets are a result of the creative work of the prophet's own mind or the result of demonic influence. If these things are in fact true, and if the real difference between true and false prophecy is actually the presence or absence of the Holy Spirit, then Aune's monumental effort has simply missed the point.
Although it contains a remarkable amount of valuable material, this is ultimately a disappointing book… because a methodological commitment to a certain type of “historical” rather than “theological” study prevents Aune from correctly understanding the nature of early Christian prophecy. In Aune's view a truly “historical” study must exclude any reference to the work of God or the Holy Spirit as if it were a historical reality or as if we could know anything about it…
Let us assume for a moment — just for the sake of argument — that the basic world view presented in Scripture is in fact true: i.e., that God exists, that he acts as Scripture says he acts, and that the Holy Spirit inspires true prophets in the Old Testament and the New Testament while false prophets are a result of the creative work of the prophet's own mind or the result of demonic influence. If these things are in fact true, and if the real difference between true and false prophecy is actually the presence or absence of the Holy Spirit, then Aune's monumental effort has simply missed the point.
It's from Wayne A. Grudem, “Review of 'Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World' by David E. Aune”, Evangelical Quarterly, 59:4 (1987), pg 351.
Bringing these around again.
Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Mediterranean World is available in this set on Pre Pub.
