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The Epistles to the Thessalonians - A Commentary on the Greek Text (Paperback)
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The Epistles to the Thessalonians - A Commentary on the Greek Text (Paperback)
Series: New International Greek Testament Commentary
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The letters of Paul to the newly founded Christian community at
Thessalonica hold a special place within the Christian tradition as
possibly the earliest extant Christian writings. They are also of
special interest not only for their theological value but for their
sociological context. Among the communities established by Paul,
the church at Thessalonica appears to have been the only one to
have suffered serious external oppression. These two important
epistles, then, speak uniquely to contemporary Christians living in
a society often ideologically, if not politically, opposed to
Christian faith. In this innovative commentary Charles A. Wanamaker
incorporates what may be called a social science approach to the
study of 1 and 2 Thessalonians, taking into full account the social
context that gave rise to Paul's correspondence. While Wanamaker in
no way ignores traditional historical-critical, linguistic,
literary, and theological approaches to writing a commentary -- in
fact, at several points he makes a significant contribution to the
questions raised by traditional exegesis -- at the same time he
goes beyond previous commentaries on the Thessalonian
correspondence by taking seriously the social dimensions both of
Christianity at Thessalonica and of the texts of 1 and 2
Thessalonians themselves. In blending traditional exegetical
methods with this newer approach, Wanamaker seeks to understand
Pauline Christianity at Thessalonica as a socio-religious movement
in the first-century Greco-Roman world and attempts to grasp the
social character and functions of Paul's letters within this
context. A significant and original addition to the literature on 1
and 2 Thessalonians, this commentary will be valuable to scholars,
pastors, and students alike.
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