Book description
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
Anthony C. Thiselton is Professor of Christian
Theology, University of Nottingham, and Emeritus Professor of
Christian Theology at the University of Chester. He is the author of
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).
