BIBLE and INTERPRETATION
FIRST AND SECOND THESSALONIANS Timothy A. Brookins PAIDEIA: COMMENTARIES ON THE NEW TESTAMENT Mikeal C. Parsons, Charles H. Talbert, and Bruce W. Longenecker, series editors Though often neglected among readers of Paul’s letters, his two surviving letters to the church in Thessalonica are highly valuable sources for reconstructing the theology of Paul and the history of the earliest Christian churches. First and Second Thessalonians also stand out for their intensely personal nature and provide a rare glimpse into Paul’s methods of pastoral care. This practical commentary interacts with the best scholarship on the Thessalo- nian letters while offering fresh new insights.
TIMOTHY A. BROOKINS (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of classics and biblical languages at Houston Baptist University. He is the author of Corinthian Wisdom, Stoic Philosophy, and the Ancient Economy and Reading 1 Corinthians , and the coauthor of 1 Corinthians: A Handbook on the Greek Text .
NOVEMBER 2021 • 256 pp. • paper • $30.00 • 9780801031823
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