Eschatology of the Thessalonian correspondence
Subtitle: a comparative study of 1 Thess 4, 13-5, 11 and 2 Thess 2, 1-12 to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Old Testament pseudepigrapha
By: Janusz Kucicki
Edition: First edition.
Series: Das Alte Testament im Dialog -- Band 7 = -- An outline of an Old Testament dialogue -- v. 7; Alte Testament im Dialog -- Bd. 7.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bern; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9783034314749
Subjects: Bible; Eschatologie; Eschatology; Biblical teaching; Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Dead Sea scrolls; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Qumrantexte; Apokryphen
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine-generated contents note: -- ch. I; title: Preliminary Issues -- -- 1.; title: The History of Discussions Concerning the Authenticity of the Letters to the Thessalonians -- -- 1.1.; title: Denying the Authenticity of Both Letters -- -- 1.2.; title: The Authors Accepting Authenticity of 1 Thess but Denying the Authenticity of 2 Thess -- -- 1.2.1.; title: The Eschatology of 2 Thess 2, 1 -- 12 Contradicts that Found in 1 Thess 4, 13-5, 11 -- -- 1.2.2.; title: Literary Relations between 2 Thess and 1 Thess -- -- 1.2.3.; title: A Problem of 2 Thess 3, 17 -- "I, Paul write this greetings in my own hand" -- -- 1.2.4.; title: The Difference in Tone between 1 Thess and 2 Thess -- -- 1.2.5.; title: The Need for a Holistic Argument against the Authenticity of 2 Thess -- -- 2.; title: Conclusion -- -- ch. II; title: Events Preceding the Parousia -- -- 1.; title: Motifs of Vigilance and Deception -- -- 1.1.; title: The Motif of Vigilance -- -- 1.1.1.; title: Christians -- -- 1.1.2.; title: Non-Christians -- -- 1.2.; title: Motif of Deception -- -- 1.2.1.; title: Deceiving of Christians -- -- 1.2.2.; title: Deceiving of non-Christians -- -- 2.; title: The Man of Lawlessness and the Restrainer -- -- 2.1.; title: The Man of Lawlessness -- -- 2.1.1.; title: The Man of Lawlessness and His Nature -- -- 2.1.2.; title: Works of the Man of Lawlessness -- -- 2.1.3.; title: Revelation of the Man of Lawlessness -- -- 2.1.4.; title: The Son of Destruction -- -- 2.2.; title: The Restrainer -- -- 2.2.1.; title: Analysis of Important Terms -- -- 2.2.2.; title: The Figure of the Restrainer -- -- 2.2.3.; title: Identification of the Restrainer -- -- 3.; title: Conclusion -- -- ch. III; title: Events Connected with the Parousia -- -- 1.; title: Motif of Surprise -- -- 1.1.; title: Christians -- -- 1.1.1.; title: "Times and dates" -- -- 1.1.2.; title: "You know very well" -- -- 1.1.3.; title: "Like a thief in the night" -- -- 1.2.; title: Non-Christian -- -- 1.2.1.; title: "Peace and security" -- -- 1.2.2.; title: "Destruction will come on them suddenly" -- -- 1.2.3.; title: "As labour pains in a pregnant woman" -- -- 2.; title: Description of Events Associated to Coming of the Lord -- -- 2.1.; title: An Order -- -- 2.2.; title: The Voice of an Archangel -- -- 2.3.; title: The Sound of the Trumpet of God -- -- 2.4.; title: Descent from Heaven -- -- 2.5.; title: Rising from the Dead -- -- 2.6.; title: "Be taken up in the clouds" -- -- 2.7.; title: "To meet Lord in the air" -- -- 3.; title: Equality of Living and the Dead on the Day of Parousia -- -- 3.1.; title: The Corning of the Lord -- -- 3.2.; title: Those Who Fall Asleep -- -- 3.3.; title: Those Who Remain Alive -- -- 3.4.; title: "Together with them" -- -- 4.; title: Conclusion -- -- ch. IV; title: Paul's Eschatological Concept in the Thessalonians Corespondence -- -- 1.; title: Eschatological and Apocalyptic Motives in the Letters to the Thessalonians and in the Intertestamental Literature -- -- 1.1.; title: Similarities -- -- 1.1.1.; title: Similarities of Motifs -- -- 1.1.2.; title: Similarity or Dependence? -- -- 1.2.; title: Differences -- -- 1.2.1.; title: Paul's Changes to Eschatological Motifs Occurring in the Intertestamental Literature -- -- 1.2.2.; title: Original Pauline Eschatological Motifs -- -- 1.3.; title: Paul's Use of Eschatological Motifs -- -- 2.; title: The Problem of the Unity of Eschatology in the Letters to the Thessalonians -- -- 2.1.; title: Eschatology or Eschatological Motifs in 1 -- 2 Thess -- -- 2.1.1.; title: Dualism -- -- 2.1.2.; title: The Time and Seasons -- -- 2.1.3.; title: Parousia / the Day of the Lord -- -- 2.1.4.; title: The Resurrection -- -- 2.1.5.; title: The Judgment -- -- 2.1.6.; title: Salvation -- -- 2.1.7.; title: Conclusion -- -- 2.2.; title: A Different Way of Using Eschatological Motifs in 1 Thess and 2 Thess -- -- 2.3.; title: An Assessment of the Validity of Claims about Differences in the Eschatology of 1 Thess and 2 Thess --; title: Summary --; title: Bibliography --; title: Indexes --; title: Index of Biblical Passages --; title: Index of Dead Sea Scrolls Passages --; title: Index of the Old Testament Psuedepigrapha Passages --; title: Index of Topics.