Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- 5 The Gospel of Mark
- 6 The Gospel of Matthew
- 7 The Third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles
- 8 The Gospel of John
- 9 1–2 Thessalonians
- 10 1–2 Corinthians
- 11 Romans and Galatians
- 12 The Prison Epistles
- 13 Letters to Paul’s Associates (1–2 Timothy, Titus)
- 14 The Letter to the Hebrews
- 15 The General Epistles
- 16 Revelation
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
9 - 1–2 Thessalonians
from Part II - The New Testament Writings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2021
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- 5 The Gospel of Mark
- 6 The Gospel of Matthew
- 7 The Third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles
- 8 The Gospel of John
- 9 1–2 Thessalonians
- 10 1–2 Corinthians
- 11 Romans and Galatians
- 12 The Prison Epistles
- 13 Letters to Paul’s Associates (1–2 Timothy, Titus)
- 14 The Letter to the Hebrews
- 15 The General Epistles
- 16 Revelation
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
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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- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 176 - 187Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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Further Reading
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
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