The Epistles to the Thessalonians

W. B. Eerdmans

1990

xxviii, 316 p.

New international Greek Testament commentary

Bibliogr.: p. xviii–xxviii

9780802823946

Contents: Paul and the Founding of the Church at Thessalonica ; Literary Questions Regarding 1 and 2 Thessalonians ; The Historical Setting of 1 and 2 Thessalonians ; Commentary on 1 Thessalonians ; Commentary on 2 Thessalonians

The letters of Paul to the newly founded Christian community at Thessalonica hold a special place within the Christian tradition as possibly the earliest extant Christian writings. They are also of special interest not only for their theological value but for their sociological context. Among the communities established by Paul, the church at Thessalonica appears to have been the only one to have suffered serious external oppression. These two important epistles, then, speak uniquely to contemporary Christians living in a society often ideologically, if not politically, opposed to Christian faith.

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