The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric is an authoritative 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 will be of immense value to 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.
David E. Aune is Professor of new Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author or editor of several books including The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study: Studies in Memory of William G. Thompson, S.J. and a three-volume commentary on the book of Revelation.
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"Acta, meaning 'what has been done,' refers to the records compiled by officials on their activities, the proceedings at which they presided and binding declarations made before them by private individuals (testamonies and donations).
A. Berger 1953:340; Kleine Pauly1:54-56; OCD 10."