Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World explore These eight essays will stir

These eight essays will stir up within us a longing for our future home as we eagerly await Jesus’s glorious return

reviews the history of interpretation

he taught Systematic Theology at Scottish Baptist College in Glasgow

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Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World explore These eight essays will stirComparable in scope to Johannes Lindblom's Prophecy in Ancient Israel, this book offers the first comprehensive treatment in English of the place of prophecy in the New Testament period. \n \nBecause early Christianity was the product of western as well as eastern religious and cultural traditions, David Aune begins by examining the antecedents of early Christian prophecy. He describes Greco Roman prophecy the types of oracles, the people who