| Description |
xxxviii, 347 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : T & T Clark, 2002. |
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"Selection of fifteen essays written between 1974 and the present; they are offered here in their original form with the exception of minor corrections."--P. vii. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-331) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Shifting paradigms: Paul, Jesus and Judaism -- The cults of Thessalonica and the Thessalonian correspondence -- 2 Thessalonians and the church of Thessalonica -- 1 Thessalonians, Acts and the early Paul -- Chronology: the apostolic and Pauline period -- The theology of 1 Thessalonians as a reflection of its purpose -- The assembly of the Thessalonians: reflections on the ecclesiology of the earliest Christian letter -- The epistolary and rhetorical context of 1 Thess. 2.1-12 -- Paul and Judaism: 1 Thess. 2.13-16 as a test case -- Was Timothy in Athens?: some exegetical reflections on 1 Thess. 3.1-3 -- Paul and Qumran: the possible influence of sdr [romanized] on 1 Thessalonians -- The Kingdom of God in Paul -- Justification and last judgment in Paul -- Justification and last judgment in Paul: twenty-five years later -- Paul as skenopoiós [romanized] and the use of the codex in early Christianity. |
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Bible. Thessalonians -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Sources.
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| ISBN |
0802805094 |
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9780802805096 |
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