1&2 Thessalonians Through the Centuries

Anthony C. Thiselton is Professor of Christian Theology, University of Nottingham , and Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Chester . He is the author of The First Epistle to the Corinthians: A Commentary on the Greek Text (2000), and numerous other works including Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self (1995), A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion (2002), and The Hermeneutics of Doctrine (2007).

Series Editors' Preface. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Introduction. The Aims of Reception History. The Situation and Substance of 1 Thessalonians. The City of Thessalonica. Traditional and Nineteenth-Century Arguments about the Authenticity of 2 Thessalonians and Their Criticism. The Situation and Substance of 2 Thessalonians. Some Key Interpreters in the Reception History of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. 1 Thessalonians. Paul's Address, Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Reflection on His Visit (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10). Address, Thanksgiving, and Prayer (1 Thess. 1:1-6a). Introduction and Overview. The Apostolic Fathers and the Patristic Era. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Paul's Reflection on His Visit: The Readers are an Example to Believers from Greece (1 Thess. 1:6b-10). Introduction and Overview. The Subapostolic and Patristic Era. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Paul's Autobiographical Reflections and Defense (1 Thessalonians 2:1-8). Introduction and Overview. The Patristic Era. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. How the Readers Received the Gospel (1 Thessalonians 2:9-16). Introduction and Overview. The Patristic Era. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Paul's Longing to See the Thessalonians and Timothy's Visit and News (1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13). Introduction and Overview. The Patristic Era. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. The Call to Holiness, Especially to Holiness and Love in Personal Relationships (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12). Introduction and Overview. The Patristic Era. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Periods. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. The Living and the Dead Share Together in the Parousia and in the Resurrection (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Introduction and Overview. The Patristic Era. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Note on "the Rapture" in Dispensationalist Views of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17. The Day of the Lord: Timing and Light (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11). Introduction and Overview. The Patristic Era. The Medieval Era. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Various Christian Duties and Closure (1 Thessalonians 5:12-28). Introduction and Overview. The Patristic Era. The Medieval Era. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. 2 Thessalonians. Address, Greetings, and Thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:1-4). Introduction and Overview. The Subapostolic and Patristic Eras. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Encouragement and Prayer: The Judgment of God and the Revelation of Christ (2 Thessalonians 1:5-12). Introduction and Overview. The Apostolic Fathers and the Patristic Era. The Medieval Church. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. The Day of the Lord (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12). Introduction and Overview of 2 Thess. 2:1-12. The Advent of Christ and the "Man of Sin" (2 Thess. 2:1-6a); Note on the Antichrist. Introduction and Overview. Note on the Antichrist. The Apostolic Fathers and the Patristic Period. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. Eighteenth Century Pietism. The Nineteenth Century. "He Who Now Restrains" and "The Lawless One" (2 Thess. 2:6b-12). Introduction and Overview. The Patristic Era. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Thanksgiving, Exhortation and Benediction (2 Thessalonians 2:13-17). Introduction and Overview. The Subapostolic and Patristic Eras. The Medieval Era. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Further Prayer and Exhortation, Largely New Issues (2 Thessalonians 3:1-18). Further Prayer (2 Thess. 3:1-5). Overview. The Apostolic Fathers and the Patristic Period. The Medieval Era. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Exhortation and Admonition about "Idlers" or Undisciplined People (2 Thess. 3:6-13). Introduction and Overview. The Subapostolic and Patristic Periods. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Final Exhortations, Greetings, and Benediction (2 Thess. 3:14-18). Introduction and Overview. The Subapostolic and Patristic Periods. The Medieval Period. The Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. Brief Biographies. Bibliography. Index of Biblical and Jewish Texts (Canonical and Deuterocanonical Order). Index of Names. Index of Subjects.