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Author:   Earl J. Richard
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
Imprint:   Liturgical Press
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.794kg
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9780814658130

ISBN 10:   081465813
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   01 October 1995
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Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

CONTENT Editor's Preface  vii Preface  ix Abbreviations  xiii Introduction   1. Thessalonian Milieu of the Mission   2   2. Circumstances of Mission and Correspondence according to Acts   3   3. New Views on the Pauline Mission and 1 Thessalonians   7   4. Paulinist Character and Occasion of 2 Thessalonians   19   5. Reading the Thessalonian Correspondence   29   6. General Bibliography   32 Translation, Notes, Interpretation FIRST THESSALONIANS I. Later Missive, Part 1—1:1-2:12   1. Epistolary Opening (1:1)   37   2. Thanksgiving (1:2-10)   45   3. Missionary Behavior as Paraenetic Model (2:1-12)   77 II. Early Missive—2:13-4:2   4. Thanksgiving (2:13)   111   5. The Jews and Divine Retribution (2:14-16)—An Interpolation   119   6. Reasons for Concern and Frustration (2:17-20)   128   7. Timothy's Mission (3:1-5)   139   8. Timothy's Return and Report (3:6-8)   153   9. Paul's Joy and Prayer (3:9-13)   163 10. Closing Exhortation (4:1-2)   178 III. Later Missive, Part 2—4:3-5:28 11. Initial Exhortation on Holiness (4:3-8)   186 12. On Love of Others (4:1-12)   209 13. On the Faithful Departed and the Parousia (4:13-18)   224 14. On Being Ready for the Lord's Return (5:1-11)   249 15. Final Exhortation on Community Life (5:12-22)   267 16. Final Prayer and Epistolary Closing (5:23-28)   284 SECOND THESSALONIANS 17. Epistolary Opening (1:1-2)   295 18. First Thanksgiving (1:3-12)   301 19. Concerning the Lord's Day (2:1-12)   322 20. Second Thanksgiving (2:13-17)   355 21. Mutual Prayer (3:1-5)   368 22. Command and Exhortation (3:6-16)   378 23. Epistolary Closing (3:17-18)   393 Indexes 1. Principal Ancient Parallels   397 2. Subjects   405 3. Authors   408 Supplementary Bibliography   411

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This commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians is a must. Neotestamentica

I rejoice in recommending one of the most gracefully erudite, historically astute, and theologically rewarding commentaries available in a frugal market.

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Earl J. Richard is professor emeritus of New Testament at Loyola University in New Orleans. He holds graduate degrees in biblical studies from Ottawa University, Johns Hopkins, and The Catholic University of America in Washington. He is the author of Jesus: One and Many and is editor and contributor to New Views on Luke and Acts. He is past president of the Society of Biblical Literature (southeast region) and a member of the Catholic Biblical Association.

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