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David Aune

Professor Emeritus, Theology

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Office
130 Malloy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email
daune@nd.edu

Biography

HONORS:

Elected a fellow of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi), Oslo, Norway, in 2009.

Elected a fellow of The Norwegian Royal Society of Sciences and Letters (Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab), Trondheim, Norway, in 2001.

Festschrift: The New Testament and Early Christian Literature in Greco-Roman Context: Studies in Honor of David E. Aune. Edited by John Fotopoulos. Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 122. Leiden: Brill, 2006.

Named honorary president for life of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research at its last meeting on October 21, 2012.

Research Interests

Selected Publications

The Cultic Setting of Realized Eschatology in Early Christianity.  Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 28.  Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1972.

Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels: A Bibliographic Study Guide.  Madison: Theological Students Fellowship, 1980.           

Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.  Paperback edition, 1991.   Paperback edition reprinted: Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2003.

Italian translation: La Profezia nel Primo Cristianesimo e il Mondo Mediterraneo Antico.  Biblioteca di storia e storiografia dei tempi biblici, 10.  Trans. edited by Oscar Ianovitz.  Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 1996.

The New Testament in Its Literary Environment.  Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1987. 

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago