Prophecy and Inspired Speech: In Early Christianity and its Hellenistic Environment

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Summary: A challenge to modern scholarly consensus on tongues
Review: According to the introduction (p5) the author's purpose here is to challenge the modern scholarly consensus that the 'tongues' described as part of church worship in 1Corinthians were comparative to other forms of hellenistic glossolalia. Forbes has assembled a considerable amount of material and argued the position cogently.

Some points however are a bit stretched, as for example to argue that the "dialects of angels" used in worship by women in charismatic Jewish congregations in Alexandria, were substantially different from the "tongues of angels" used in worship by women in charismatic Christian congregations in Corinth. Especially when "dialects" is used by Luke to describe the "tongues" at Pentecost.

Otherwise its fine. But be aware that this is a study with an agenda to restore the role of prophecy in the modern church (p.viii). For a representative of that 'consensus' view try 'Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World' by David E. Aune.