The Authenticity of the Second Letter to the Thessalonians

A classic of New Testament scholarship, this new translation faithfully sets out William Wrede's case for the pseudonymous authorship of Second Thessalonians.

Scholars continue to debate whether Second Thessalonians was written by Paul or pseudonymously. The suggestion that the letter is a late imitation is largely based on the comparison of the parallel expressions of the two epistles to the Thessalonians. There are more words and phrases that are shared between these two letters than there...