The Thessalonians Debate

Author : Karl P. Donfried,Johannes Beutler (s.j.)
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802843743

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The Thessalonians Debate by Karl P. Donfried,Johannes Beutler (s.j.) Pdf

Based on meetings of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas which were held in 1995-96. Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-362) and indexes. The epistolary and rhetorical context of 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 / Karl P. Donfried -- The epistolary and rhetorical context of 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 : response to Karl P. Donfried / Rudolf Hoppe -- On the background of 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 / Traugott Holtz -- On the background of 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 : a response to Traugott Holtz / Johan S. Vos -- 1 Thessalonian 2:1-12 : an exegetical-theological study / Otto Merk -- 1 Thessalonian 2:1-12 and the use of rhetorical criticism : a response to Otto Merk / Jeffrey A.d. Weima -- Thanksgivings in 1 Thessalonians 1-3 / Jan Lambrecht -- A structural analysis of 1 Thessalonians 4-5 / Jan Lambrecht -- On the use of elements of ancient epistolography in 1 Thessalonians / Johannes Schoon-Janßen -- The rhetoric of letters / Frank W. Hughes -- The social situations implied by rhetoric / Frank W. Hughes -- Epistolary vs. rhetorical analysis : is a synthesis possible? / Charles A. Wanamaker -- 1 Thessalonians : rhetorical flourishes and formal constraints / Edgar Krentz -- I command that this letter be read : writing as a manner of speaking / Raymond F. Collins.

Author : Karl P. ; Beutler Donfried (Johannes)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1244472993

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The Thessalonians debate : methodological discord or methodological synthesis?. by Karl P. ; Beutler Donfried (Johannes) Pdf

Author : Ben Witherington
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467424882

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1 and 2 Thessalonians by Ben Witherington Pdf

Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians stand as some of the very earliest Christian documents, yet they appear well into Paul's missionary career, giving them a unique context well worth exploring. In this first full-scale socio-rhetorical commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Ben Witherington gleans fresh insight from reading Paul's text in the light of rhetorical concerns and patterns, early Jewish theology, and the first-century historical situation in Macedonia. Witherington's distinctive socio-rhetorical approach helps unearth insights that would otherwise remain hidden using only form criticism, epistolary categories, and traditional criticism. Witherington details Thessalonica's place as the "metropolis" of Macedonia, and he carefully unpacks the social situation of Paul and his recipients. Scholars will appreciate the careful analysis and rhetorical insights contained here, while Witherington's clear prose and sensitivity to Paul's ideas make this work ideal for all who desire a useful, readable commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians.

Author : GENE L GREEN
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789740165

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The Letters to the Thessalonians by GENE L GREEN Pdf

In this commentary Gene Green reads Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians in light of the canon of Scripture and of new knowledge about the first-century world of Thessalonica. This fruitful approach helps illuminate the impact of the gospel on its original readers and, in turn, shows how potent a force it can be for the church and society today. The book begins with an in-depth study of the Thessalonians themselves -- their history, land, socioeconomic conditions, and religious environment. This fascinating discussion gives the necessary context for fully appreciating the circumstances surrounding the founding of the city's first church and the subsequent struggles of the Thessalonian believers to live out their Christian faith. The main body of the book provides informed verse-by-verse commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians that extracts the fullest possible meaning from these important New Testament texts. As Green's exposition shows, the Thessalonian scriptures are especially valuable as letters of friendship and for showing Paul's pastoral concern for the many areas in which the Thessalonians needed guidance. Some of Paul's purposes are to thank the new believers for their steadfastness amid suffering, to encourage them in their trials, to urge them not to neglect their daily work, and, no less important, to teach them about the future of believers who die before Christ returns. Indeed, the matter of the last things and the second coming of Christ so permeates these texts that they are often called Paul's eschatological letters. Filled with new information about ancient society, this commentary will fast become a standard reference work for Bible study. By carefully bridging the biblical and modern worlds, Green shows with clarity and warmth the continuing relevance of 1 & 2 Thessalonians for contemporary readers.

Author : Jeffrey A. D. Weima
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441220981

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1-2 Thessalonians (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament) by Jeffrey A. D. Weima Pdf

In this addition to the critically acclaimed BECNT series, respected New Testament scholar Jeffrey Weima offers pastors, students, and teachers the most up-to-date and substantive commentary available on 1-2 Thessalonians. Weima, a Thessalonians expert, experienced teacher, and widely traveled speaker, presents well-informed evangelical scholarship at an accessible level to help readers understand the sociological, historical, and theological aspects of these letters. As with all BECNT volumes, this commentary features the author's detailed interaction with the Greek text, extensive research, thoughtful chapter-by-chapter exegesis, and a user-friendly design. It admirably achieves the dual aims of the series--academic sophistication with pastoral sensitivity and accessibility.

Author : Marlene Crüsemann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567683335

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The Pseudepigraphal Letters to the Thessalonians by Marlene Crüsemann Pdf

Marlene Crüsemann examines the Thessalonian letters in the context of Jewish-Christian social history; building upon her analysis of 1 Thessalonians, Crüsemann comes to the conclusion that it is post-apostolic epistolary communication, and questions whether it is a letter of Paul and indeed whether it is an early letter. This analysis in turn adds weight to the thesis, propounded by some previous scholars, that the letter is somewhat out of place and may be a later work by another author. Crüsemann subsequently illustrates that 2 Thessalonians, by contrast, revokes the far-reaching social separation from Judaism that characterizes 1 Thessalonians, and thus aims socio-historically at a solidarity with the entire Jewish people. Analysing the concept of the Jews as supposed enemy, the future of the Greek gentile community, and the relationship between the two letters, Crüsemann concludes that the discussion about a "divergence of the ways of Christians and Jews" in early Christian times needs to be realigned.

Author : Seyoon Kim
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161611551

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Paul's Gospel for the Thessalonians and Others by Seyoon Kim Pdf

In this collection of essays, Seyoon Kim analyses the structure and function of 1 Thess 1-3, which leads to a new reading of 1 Thessalonians. He devotes several essays to a comprehensive exposition of Paul's gospel for the Thessalonians by fully unfolding several summaries of the gospel in the epistle, by detecting and analysing various Son of Man sayings of Jesus that are alluded to or echoed in it, and by a thorough discussion of the unity and continuity of Paul's gospel between this early epistle and his later epistles. This exposition is augmented by a new observation of Paul's doctrine of justification in 2 Thess 1-2 and a new explanation of to katέχov and o katέχwv (2 Thess 2:3-8).

Author : Roji T. George
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506433660

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Called into the Mission of God by Roji T. George Pdf

In Called into the Mission of God, Roji George argues that Paul's primary interest was neither doctrinal teaching nor the articulation of an anti-imperial discourse. Instead, he contends that amidst the many problems that faced the local Thessalonian community--problems arising out of eschatological fears, ethical difficulties in the community, and persecution from outside groups--Paul brought primarily a missional concern to impart ethical exhortation and eschatological teaching in a political language. The book will be helpful to those theologians, scholars, teachers, and students grappling with the message of Paul in his own time and in ours. Called into the Mission of God represents an increasing commitment on the part of Fortress Press to support the wide dissemination of the best theological and biblical writing by the best scholars from the Global South.

Author : Angus Paddison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139444941

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Theological Hermeneutics and 1 Thessalonians by Angus Paddison Pdf

This book proposes a theological reading of 1 Thessalonians, making an important response to the increasing demand to relate biblical scholarship more closely to theological concerns. Paddison's interpretation adheres very closely to the text and is divided into three parts. Part I offers a theological critique of dominant historical-critical readings of 1 Thessalonians. Part II examines the history of interpretation of 1 Thessalonians focusing on the pre-Modern exegesis of Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin. Paddison explores what theological exegetes can learn from Thomas Aquinas' Lectura and John Calvin's commentary on 1 Thessalonians. Aided by the insights of these neglected pre-Modern commentators, Part III presents a theologically driven interpretation of the letter. Theological exegesis is practised as a dialogue with Paul, the canon and a plethora of theological voices to elucidate Paddison's central argument, that the astonishing subject-matter of 1 Thessalonians is God's all-powerful hold over death.

Author : Nijay K. Gupta
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310518723

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1 and 2 Thessalonians by Nijay K. Gupta Pdf

The study of Paul's Thessalonian letters is enjoying fresh interest today. These texts are considered by many to be amongst the earliest extant Christian documents. They are included in conversations about early Jewish and Christian apocalypticism. New insights are coming from examination of the religious, socio-cultural, and political contexts of Roman Thessalonica. And, looking back, these letters have played an important role in the development of Christian eschatology. This volumes serves as an up-to-date guide to these academic discussions and debates and much more. This volume on 1 and 2 Thessalonians in the Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament series offers a volume-length engagement with subjects that normally only receive short treatments in biblical commentaries or in New Testament Introductions. This volume addresses: Authorship Date Audience Socio-Historical Context Genre Purpose Integrity Textual History Greek Style Structure Argument Other Critical Issues Main Interpretive Issues Reception into the Canon Selected History of Interpretation Bibliography

Author : Dr. Seyoon Kim,F. F. Bruce
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310139874

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1 and 2 Thessalonians, Volume 45 by Dr. Seyoon Kim,F. F. Bruce Pdf

The Word Biblical Commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

Author : David Luckensmeyer
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647539690

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The Eschatology of First Thessalonians by David Luckensmeyer Pdf

David Luckensmeyer gelingt durch die Untersuchung der eschatologischen Motive ein hervorragender Zugang zum ersten Thessalonicherbrief. Er analysiert die grundlegenden Richtungen des enthaltenen Diskurses erstmalig, und verdeutlicht sowohl die Rhetorik wie auch die Briefstruktur des 1. Briefes an die Thessalonicher. Durch diese Zugangsweise lassen sich die verschiedenen eschatologischen Motive als Teil einer systematischen Aufforderung des Verfassers an eine Gemeinde verstehen, die einen Konflikt zu bestehen hat.Luckensmeyer verdeutlicht die Eschatologie als den besten hermeneutischen Schlüssel, um die systematischen Aspekte des Briefes zu interpretieren. Es besteht kein Zweifel: Eschatologische Motive sind im Überfluss vorhanden, etwa in 1,9–10; 2,13–16; 4,13–18 oder 5,1–11. Der Frage, auf welche Weise diese Motive die Absichten des Paulus in seinem Schreiben verdeutlichen, widmet sich Luckensmeyer ganz besonders. Paulus kann verständlich machen, warum die Thessalonicher im Konflikt leben und sie zugleich zu einem neuen Verständnis von Gemeinde ermutigen.Die ausführliche Bibliographie gibt einen guten Überblick über die neueste Sekundärliteratur und verschiedene Register erleichtern den Zugang.

Author : James R. Harrison,L L. Welborn
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781628374452

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The First Urban Churches 7 by James R. Harrison,L L. Welborn Pdf

The First Urban Churches 7 includes essays focused on the development of early Christianity from the mid-first century through the sixth century CE in the ancient Macedonian city of Thessalonica. An international group of contributors traces the emergence of Thessalonica’s house churches through a close study of the archaeological remains, inscriptions, coins, iconography, and Paul’s two letters to the Thessalonians. After a detailed introduction to the city, including the first comprehensive epigraphic profile of Thessalonica from the Hellenistic age to the Roman Empire, topics discussed include the Roman emperor’s divine honors, coins and inscriptions as sources of imperial propaganda, Thessalonian family bonds, Paul’s apostolic self-image, the role of music at Thessalonica and in early Christianity, and Paul’s response to the Thessalonian Jewish community. Contributors include D. Clint Burnett, Alan H. Cadwallader, Rosemary Canavan, James R. Harrison, Julien M. Ogereau, Isaac T. Soon, Angela Standhartinger, Michael P. Theophilos, and Joel R. White.

Author : Jon C. Laansma,Grant Osborne,Ray Van Neste
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610975308

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New Testament Theology in Light of the Church's Mission by Jon C. Laansma,Grant Osborne,Ray Van Neste Pdf

This book offers important new case studies in understanding the theology and praxis of mission in the New Testament and in reading the New Testament for mission. Significant scholars from around the world explore aspects of the missional theology of the Gospels, Acts, Paul, Hebrews, and Revelation. The essays are offered as a fitting tribute to I. Howard Marshall--one of the most outstanding evangelical New Testament scholars of his generation.

Author : Andy Johnson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467446129

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1 and 2 Thessalonians by Andy Johnson Pdf

A distinctively theological interpretation of the Thessalonian letters In this commentary Andy Johnson engages with the developing interpretive framework of missional hermeneutics to present a theological interpretation of 1 & 2 Thessalonians that aims to help the church more fully participate in the life and mission of the triune God. After a verse by-verse commentary, Johnson closely examines the theology of the two epistles, focusing especially on the topics of eschatology, holiness, and election in light of his missional reading of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. In his exegetical and theological analyses, Johnson considers canonical concerns, doctrinal commitments, ecclesial practices, proposals from contemporary systematic theology, and insights gleaned from the field of neuroscience regarding personal and community formation, all of which help to clarify and enrich readers' understanding of various passages.