{"product_id":"1-and-2-thessalonians-through-the-centuries-28-wiley-blackwell-bible-commentaries-9781119673927","title":"1 and 2 Thessalonians Through the Centuries 28","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unique commentary on Paul's early letters by an outstanding New Testament specialist, provides a broad range of original perspectives of how people have interpreted, and been influenced by, Paul's first two letters.  Addresses questions concerning the content, setting, and authenticity of the two Thessalonian letters, drawing on responses from leading scholars, poets, hymn writers, preachers, theologians, and biblical scholars throughout the agesOffers new insights into issues they raise concerning feminist biblical interpretation.   Provides a history of two-way influences, as exemplified by Ulrich Luz, Hans Robert Jauss, and Hans-Georg GadamerWritten by Anthony Thiselton, a leading commentator on the Greek New Testament\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aims of Reception History 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Situation and Substance of 1 Thessalonians 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe City of Thessalonica 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditional and Nineteenth-Century Arguments about the Authenticity of 2 Thessalonians and Their Criticism 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Situation and Substance of 2 Thessalonians 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Key Interpreters in the Reception History of 1 and 2 Thessalonians 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Thessalonians 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul’s Address, Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Reflection on His Visit (1 Thessalonians 1:1–10) 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddress, Thanksgiving, and Prayer (1 Thess. 1:1–6a) 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Apostolic Fathers and the Patristic Era 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul’s Reflection on His Visit: The Readers are an Example to Believers from Greece (1 Thess. 1:6b–10) 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Subapostolic and Patristic Era 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul’s Autobiographical Reflections and Defense (1 Thessalonians 2:1–8) 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Patristic Era 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow the Readers Received the Gospel (1 Thessalonians 2:9–16) 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Patristic Era 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians and Timothy’s Visit and News (1 Thessalonians 2:17–3:13) 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Patristic Era 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Call to Holiness, Especially to Holiness and Love in Personal Relationships (1 Thessalonians 4:1–12) 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Patristic Era 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Periods 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Living and the Dead Share Together in the Parousia and in the Resurrection (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Patristic Era 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on “the Rapture” in Dispensationalist Views of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–17 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Day of the Lord: Timing and Light (1 Thessalonians 5:1–11) 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Patristic Era 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Era 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVarious Christian Duties and Closure (1 Thessalonians 5:12–28) 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Patristic Era 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Era 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Thessalonians 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddress, Greetings, and Thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:1–4) 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Subapostolic and Patristic Eras 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncouragement and Prayer: The Judgment of God and the Revelation of Christ (2 Thessalonians 1:5–12) 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Apostolic Fathers and the Patristic Era 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Church 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Day of the Lord (2 Thessalonians 2:1–12) 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview of 2 Thess. 2:1–12 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Advent of Christ and the “Man of Sin” (2 Thess. 2:1–6a); Note on the Antichrist 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on the Antichrist 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Apostolic Fathers and the Patristic Period 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEighteenth Century Pietism 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“He Who Now Restrains” and “The Lawless One” (2 Thess. 2:6b–12) 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Patristic Era 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThanksgiving, Exhortation and Benediction (2 Thessalonians 2:13–17) 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Subapostolic and Patristic Eras 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Era 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Prayer and Exhortation, Largely New Issues (2 Thessalonians 3:1–18) 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Prayer (2 Thess. 3:1–5) 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Apostolic Fathers and the Patristic Period 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Era 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eighteenth Century 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Century 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExhortation and Admonition about “Idlers” or Undisciplined People (2 Thess. 3:6–13) 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Overview 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Subapostolic and Patristic Periods 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Medieval Period 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 270\u003c\/p\u003e 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