1 and 2 Thessalonians :a socio-rhetorical commentary /Ben Witherington III.

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

1 and 2 Thessalonians :a socio-rhetorical commentary /Ben Witherington III.

Description

Commentary on 1 Thessalonians. Epistolary Prescript, 1.1 -- The exordium, 1.2-3: a preview of coming attractions -- The narration: the story thus far, 1.4-3.10 -- Transitus: closing wish prayer, 3.11-13 -- The exhortation: a call to holiness and hope, 4.1-5.15. pt. 1. The call to holiness and brotherly love, 4.1-8, 9-12 ; pt. 2. The call to hope and alertness: the tale of sleepers dead and living, 4.13-5.11 ; pt. 3. Honor the workers and the work, 5.12-15 -- The Peroratio: parting shots, 5.16-22 -- The invocation/wish prayer: the God of peace who sanctifies, 5.23-24 -- Epistolary closing, 5.25-28.^^Commentary on 2 Thessalonians. Epistolary prescript, 1.1-2 -- The exordium/Thanksgiving prayer, 1.3-10: the destiny of the sacred sufferers and the terrible tormentors -- Propositio, 1.11-12: persuasion by a praying proposition -- Refutatio, 2.1-12: prelude to the parousia -- Prayer matters, 2.13-3.5. Thanksgiving/firm living, 2.13-15 ; Transitus: another wish prayer, 2.16-17 ; Final request, 3.1-5 -- Working hypothesis, 3.6-12 -- Peroratio, 3.13-15: on shunning and shaming without excommunicating ; Epistolary closing, 3.16-18.^^A closer look: Election, persecution, and perseverance in 1 and 2 Thessalonians -- Was Paul anti-semitic? -- Holy wedlock and unholy alliances -- A Christian manual on manual labor? -- The fate of the dead -- Parousia -- Exercising restraint: apocalyptic answers to difficult questions -- On doing theology in ad hoc letters -- The ancient art and labor of letter writing. xxxi, 286 p. ;24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Witherington, Ben,III

Place Published

City

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Date Published

circa 2006

Publication Subjects

Bible.--Thessalonians--Socio-rhetorical criticism. Thessalonicherbrief<I. II.>--swd Thessalonicenzen (bijbelboeken)--gtt Retorica.--gtt Paulus <Apostel>--swd

Call No.

BS2725.52 .W58 2006

ISBN

0802828361 (pbk. : alk. paper), 9780802828361 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006028680

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-[xxxi]) and indexes.