180 Pages
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Routledge
160 Pages
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Routledge
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In this lucid expose the second letter to the Thessalonians is approached from a historical perspective. The letter is read as part of a process of communication between its sender and the original addressees, making it accessible to the modern reader. 2 Thessalonians includes a translation of the short Greek text; an historical examination of the letter's genre, authorship and religious... Read more
Introduction Part 1: The setting of 2 Thessalonians 1. 2 Thessalonians as a letter 2. The author of 2 Thessalonians 3. The milieu of 2 Thessalonians Part II: A commentary on 2 Thessalonians 4. The structure of 2 Thessalonians 5. Thessalonians 1: Prescript and proem - The eschatological retribution 6. 2 Thessalonians 2: The body of the letter - The day of the Lord has not yet come 7. Thessalonians 3: Exhortationa and letter-closing - The disorderly brothers and sisters 8. Conclusion: 2 Thessalonians and Paul Bibliography Indexes Subjects Biblical References
Biography
Maarten J.J. Menkin is professor of New Testament Exegesis at the catholic Theological University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
`... well-written and contain indexes of texts and authors as well as useful bibliographies ...' - Regents Reviews
'The commentary is written with beautiful simplicity and clarity, giving an excellent introduction to eschatology and apocalyptic. [It] can be warmly commended for its succinctness and clarity, as well as for its illuminating suggestions at various points. - I. Howard Marshall, Epworth Review
