This unique commentary on Paul’s early letters by an
outstanding New Testament specialist, provides a broad range of
original perspectives of how people have interpreted, and been
influenced by, Paul’s first two letters.
* Addresses questions concerning the content, setting, and
authenticity of the two Thessalonian letters, drawing on responses
from leading scholars, poets, hymn writers, preachers, theologians,
and biblical scholars throughout the ages
* Offers new insights into issues they raise concerning feminist
biblical interpretation.
* Provides a history of two-way influences, as exemplified by
Ulrich Luz, Hans Robert Jauss, and Hans-Georg Gadamer
* Written by Anthony Thiselton, a leading commentator on the
Greek New Testament
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Anthony C. Thiselton is Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology, University of Nottingham, and Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Chester. He is also a Fellow of King’s College London, and a Fellow of the British Academy, and has served on the General Synod of the Church of England for 15 years and the Crown Nominations Commission for 10. He has taught in all parts of the world and is the author of 33 books, including The First Epistle to the Corinthians: A Commentary on the Greek Text (2000), and numerous other works including Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self (1995), A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion (2002), and The Hermeneutics of Doctrine (2007).