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9 - 1–2 Thessalonians

from Part II - The New Testament Writings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

By
Nijay K. Gupta
Edited by
Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray
Affiliation:
Rhodes College, Memphis
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Summary

This chapter discusses the critical issues involved in the interpretation of 1-2 Thessalonians, including pseudonymity, the concept of the parousia and its roots in Jewish apocalypticism, and paraenetic strategies employed by Paul.

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PaulParenesisPseudonymityRapture
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The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 176 - 187
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

Barclay, J. M. G. “Conflict in Thessalonica.” CBQ 55 (1993): 512–30.Google Scholar
Donfried, K. P. Paul, Thessalonica, and Early Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.Google Scholar
Foster, P. “Who Wrote 2 Thessalonians? A Fresh Look at an Old Problem.” JSNT 35 (2012): 150–75.Google Scholar
Gupta, N. K. 1–2 Thessalonians. New Covenant Commentary Series. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2016.Google Scholar
Gupta, N. K. Zondervan Critical Introduction to 1–2 Thessalonians. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019.Google Scholar
Krentz, E. “A Stone That Will Not Fit: The Non-Pauline Authorship of 2 Thessalonians.” Pages 439–70 in Pseudepigraphie und Verfasserfiktion in Frühchristlichen Briefen. Edited by Frey, J. et al. WUNT 246. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009Google Scholar
Malherbe, A. J. The Letters to the Thessalonians. AB 32B. New York: Doubleday, 2000.Google Scholar
Nasrallah, L., Bakirtzis, C., and Friesen, S., eds. From Roman to Early Christian Thessalonikē. Cambridge, ma: Harvard University Press, 2011.Google Scholar
Nicholl, C. R. From Hope to Despair in Thessalonica: Situating 1 and 2 Thessalonians. SNTSMS 126. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.Google Scholar
Thiselton, A. C. 1 & 2 Thessalonians through the Centuries. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.Google Scholar

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