The New Testament in Its Literary Environment

David Aune, writing for the Library of Early Christianity, a series which examines the historical context in which the New Testament was written, analyzes the forms, genres, and styles available to early Christian writers.

David E. Aune (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is professor of New Testament at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of a three-volume commentary on the book of Revelation in the Word Biblical Commentary series and of The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.