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| ISBN-13: | 9780802825520 |
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| Publisher: | Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company |
| Publication date: | 09/23/2016 |
| Series: | Two Horizons New Testament Commentary (THNTC) |
| Pages: | 367 |
| Sales rank: | 724,242 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d) |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
The General Interpretive Approach of This Commentary 1
Specific Introductory Issues Related to 1 and 2 Thessalonians 5
Acts 16-18:5 and the Thessalonian Correspondence 8
The Sociopolitical Context in Thessalonica 13
Bibliography 16
Commentaries on 1 and 2 Thessalonians 16
Other Works 17
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 31
1:1 The Letters Prescript 31
1:2-3:13 Faith Working through Love, Resulting from Paul's Faithful Ministry 36
1:2-10 Thanksgiving for What God Has Done among and by the Thessalonians 37
Excursus on the Meaning of "Gospel" 44
2:1-12 "The Sort of People We Became among You": An Explanation and a Model for Participation in the Missio Dei 57
The Rhetorical Function of 2:1-12 58
2:1-4 Paul's Faithfulness to the Gospel in the Face of Opposition 60
2:5-12 Paul's Concrete Embodiment of the Essence of the Gospel 63
2:13-16 Thanksgiving for Gods Word at Work: Imitating Faithful, Persecuted Jewish Churches in Judea 72
2:17-3:10 Paul and the Thessalonians: "Bringing Things Up-to-Date" 82
2:17-20 An Explanation of Absence 82
3:1-5 The Sending of Timothy 85
3:6-10 Timothy's Good Report and Paul's Desire to See the Thessalonians 89
3:11-13 First Petitionary Prayer for the Holiness of the Thessalonians 94
4:1-5:24 God's Sanctifying Work in the Life of the Community in Anticipation of the Parousia on the Day of the Lord 101
Excursus on Holiness/Sanctification 102
4:1-8 God's Will: The Sanctification of the Community 104
4:9-12 Flourishing in Love and Working to Avoid Dependence on Patrons 116
4:13-18 The Resurrection of Those "Sleeping" at the Royal Coming of the Lord 121
The Main Issue in the Community 122
Death, Resurrection, and the Coming of the Lord 124
5:1-11 Living as Children of Light Awaiting the Day of the Lord 134
5:12-22 Practices through Which God Continues Sanctifying the Audiences Imagination 147
5:23-24 Concluding Petitionary Prayer for the Completion of God's Sanctifying Work 156
5:25-28 The Letter's Closing 160
Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 162
1:1-2 The Letter's Prescript 162
1:3-12 Thanksgiving and Eschatological Assurance 162
2:1-17 Pastoring an Eschatologically Confused People: The Day of the Lord and the Man of Lawlessness 179
The Boundaries, Difficulty, and Overall Function of the Passage 181
2:1-2 Description of the Problem: The Timing of the Day of the Lord 183
2:3-12 Paul's Response: Events Preceding the Day of the Lord 184
2:13-15 Thanksgiving and Admonition to Hold Fast to Paul's Teaching regarding the Day of the Lord 200
2:16-17 Petitionary Prayer for Encouragement and Strength 204
3:1-5 Paul's Request for Prayer and His Confidence in, and Prayer for, the Thessalonians 206
3:6-16 Those Who Cultivate a Client Relationship with a Patron in Lieu of Working 213
3:17-18 The Letter's Closing 223
Theological Horizons 224
The Theology of 1 and 2 Thessalonians 224
The Death of Jesus and the Missio Dei in 1 and 2 Thessalonians 224
Holiness in 1 and 2 Thessalonians 228
Holiness as Spirit Enabled and Derived from the Triune God 228
Holiness, Election, and Faith(fulness): The Corporate and Public Nature of Holiness 229
Holiness and Righteousness 231
Holiness and Seeking Peace 236
Holiness and Purity 241
The Sanctification of the Imagination: Self-Giving Practices and the Ecclesial Framework 243
Holiness, Work, and Economic Context 249
Conclusion: Holiness and the Missio Dei 255
Eschatology in 1 and 2 Thessalonians 256
A Word about Eschatological Imagery 256
Resurrection and the Coming of the Lord Jesus as Parousia 257
The Coming of the Lord Jesus as Eschatological Warfare 262
The Coming of the Lord Jesus as Judgment Theophany 265
Summary: Eschatology in 1 and 2 Thessalonians 269
1 and 2 Thessalonians and the Bible: Canonical Connections 270
An Ontology of Christian Scripture: Some Basic Assumptions 270
Paul's "Anti-Christology" 271
The Man of Lawlessness vs. the Man of Saving Justice/Righteousness 274
The Actions of the Man of Lawlessness in Verse 4: The Epitome of Human Arrogance 277
The Pinnacle of an OT Pattern 278
Philippians 2:6-11 as the Reversal of the Pattern 282
Summary and Concluding Reflections 284
Engaging Theology with the Thessalonian Correspondence 287
On the (Secret) Rapture 288
The Theological Hermeneutic of Rapture Theology 289
The Thessalonian Correspondence and the Rapture of the Church 294
Reflections on Rapture Theology/Dispensationalism as a Theological Interpretation of Scripture 301
Concluding Comments 305
"You Wonder Where the Spirit Went": The Parousia as a Pneumatological Event in the Thessalonian Correspondence 305
Once Again: Interpretive Assumptions and a Question 305
Scripture as an Echo Chamber 307
The Son's Shout/Voice and the Resurrection of the Dead in 1 Thessalonians and Johns Gospel 307
Forging a Canonical Warrant 308
Returning to 1 and 2 Thessalonians with This Canonical Warrant 313
Conclusion: The Parousia as a Pneumatological Event 315
Election, Mission, and the Triune God 316
The Doctrine of Election: Introductory Remarks 316
Election and Participation in the Mission/Being of God 318
Election and Participation in the Thessalonian Correspondence 318
The Nature of the Elect's Participation in the Missio Dei 322
An Alternative Ontology of Election and the Being of God 325
Election and the Church's Continuing Sinfulness 326
Index of Authors 330
Index of Subjects 334
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings 338