The Thessalonian Correspondence (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum theologicarum Lovaniensium)

by I. Howard Marshall, Karl P. Donfried, C. Manus, F. Morgan-Gillman, J. Plevnik, J. Gillman, Albert Vanhoye, H. Binder, Frank W. Hughes, Wilhelm Wuellner, Ingo Broer, Christopher M. Tuckett, Jan Lambrecht, René Kieffer, Juan Chapa, H. J. De Jonge, P. Langevin, M. Getty, T. Holtz, Udo Schnelle, George Carras, N. Baumert, J. Delobel, C. Focant, Jan Van Der Watt, Maarten J. J. Menken, D. Schmidt, Glenn S. Holland, F. Laub, A. Aarde, Raymond F. Collins, Helmut Koester, C. Giblin, Lars Hartman, Frederick W. Danker, Robert Jewett, C. Stichele, Edgar M. Krentz, and Thomas F. Torrance

Inner Books

This physical volume has several internal sections, each of which has been reviewed independently

• Election and calling to salvation in 1 and 2 Thessalonians by I. Howard Marshall
• 1 Thessalonians, Acts and the early Paul by Karl P. Donfried
• Luke's account of Paul in Thessalonica (Acts 17,1-9) by C. Manus
• Jason of Thessalonica (Acts 17,5-9) by F. Morgan-Gillman
• Pauline presuppositions by J. Plevnik
• Paul's Eisodos: the proclaimed and the proclaimer (1 Thes 2,8) by J. Gillman
• La composition de 1 Thessaloniciens by Albert Vanhoye
• Paulus und die Thessalonicherbriefe by H. Binder
• The rhetoric of 1 Thessalonians by Frank W. Hughes
• The argumentative structure of 1 Thessalonians as paradoxical encomium by Wilhelm Wuellner
• "Der ganze Zorn ist schon ?ber sie gekommen": Bemerkungen zur Interpolationshypothese und zur Interpretation von 1 Thes 2,14-16 by Ingo Broer
• Synoptic tradition in 1 Thessalonians? by Christopher M. Tuckett
• Thanksgivings in 1 Thessalonians 1-3 by Jan Lambrecht
• L'eschatologie en 1 Thessaloniciens dans une perspective rh‚torique by René Kieffer
• Consolatory patterns? 1 Thes 4,13.18;5-11 by Juan Chapa
• The original setting of the Christos apethanen Hyper formula by H. J. De Jonge
• L'intervention de Dieu selon 1 Thes 5,23-24 by P. Langevin
• The imitation of Paul in the Letters to the Thessalonians by M. Getty
• The judgment on the Jews and the salvation of all Israel: 1 Thes 2,15-16 and Rom 11,25-26 by T. Holtz
• Die Ethik des 1 Thessalonicherbriefes by Udo Schnelle
• Jewish ethics and gentile converts: remarks on 1 Thes 4,3-8 by George Carras
• Brautwerbung - das einheitliche Thema von 1 Thess 4,3-8 by N. Baumert
• The fate of the dead according to 1 Thessalonians 4 and 1 Corinthians 15 by J. Delobel
• Les fils du Jour (1 Thes 5,5) by C. Focant
• The use of zao in 1 Thessalonians: a comparison with zaw/zwh in the Gospel of John, by Jan Van Der Watt
• The structure of 2 Thessalonians by Maarten J. J. Menken
• The syntactical style of 2 Thessalonians: how Pauline is it? by D. Schmidt
• "A letter supposedly from us": a contribution to the discussion about the authorship of 2 Thessalonians by Glenn S. Holland
• Paulinische Autorit„t in nachpaulinischer Zeit (2 Thes) by F. Laub
• The struggle against heresy in the Thessalonian correspondence and the origin of the Apostolic tradition by A. Aarde
• "The Gospel of Our Lord Jesus" (2 Thes 1,8): a symbolic shift of paradigm by Raymond F. Collins
• From Paul's eschatology to the apocalyptic schemata of 2 Thessalonians by Helmut Koester
• 2 Thessalonians 2 re-read as pseudepigraphal: a revised reaffirmation of The threat to faith by C. Giblin
• The eschatology of 2 Thessalonians as included in a communication by Lars Hartman
• Jesus as the apocalyptic benefactor in Second Thessalonians by Frederick W. Danker and Robert Jewett
• The concept of tradition and 1 and 2 Thessalonians by C. Stichele
• Traditions held fast: theology and fidelity in 2 Thessalonians by Edgar M. Krentz
• The goodness and dignity of man in the Christian tradition by Thomas F. Torrance