Paul, Thessalonica, and early Christianity
By: Karl Paul Donfried.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Paul, the Apostle, Saint.; Bible. N.T. Thessalonians -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-331) and indexes.
Originally published: London : T&T Clark, 2002.
"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.
Table of contents: title: Shifting paradigms: Paul, Jesus and Judaism; title: The cults of Thessalonica and the Thessalonian correspondence; title: 2 Thessalonians and the church of Thessalonica; title: 1 Thessalonians, Acts and the early Paul; title: Chronology: the apostolic and Pauline period; title: The theology of 1 Thessalonians as a reflection of its purpose; title: The assembly of the Thessalonians: reflections on the ecclesiology of the earliest Christian letter; title: The epistolary and rhetorical context of 1 Thess. 2.1-12; title: Paul and Judaism: 1 Thess. 2.13-16 as a test case; title: Was Timothy in Athens?: some exegetical reflections on 1 Thess. 3.1-3; title: Paul and Qumran: the possible influence of sdr [romanized] on 1 Thessalonians; title: The Kingdom of God in Paul; title: Justification and last judgment in Paul; title: Justification and last judgment in Paul: twenty-five years later; title: Paul as skenopoiós [romanized] and the use of the codex in early Christianity.