The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric

The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric by David Edward Aune (Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, University of Notre Dame, USA) was published by Westminster in February 2004. The ISBN for The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric is 9780664219178.

This is an authoritative reference source that details the various literary and rhetorical forms found in the New Testament and in the literature of the early Christian church. Aune's extensive study should be of value for scholars and all those interested in the ways in which literary and rhetorical forms were employed and how they functioned in the early Christian world.