The Epsitles to the Thessalonians: New International Greek Testament Commentary [NIGTC]
Stock No: WW2394
The Epsitles to the Thessalonians: New International Greek Testament Commentary [NIGTC]  -     By: Charles Wanamaker

The Epsitles to the Thessalonians: New International Greek Testament Commentary [NIGTC]

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 1990 / Hardcover

In Stock
Stock No: WW2394

Buy Item Our Price$31.49 Retail: $48.99 Save 36% ($17.50)
In Stock
Quantity:
Stock No: WW2394
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 1990 / Hardcover
Quantity:

Add To Cart

or checkout with

Add To Wishlist
eBook Our Price$26.94 View Details
Quantity:


Add To Cart

or checkout with

Wishlist

Other Formats (2)
Select this Item Product Title/Author Availability Price Quantity
$31.49
In Stock
Our Price$31.49
Retail: $48.99
Add To Cart
$31.49
$26.94
In Stock
Our Price$26.94
Retail: $48.99
Add To Cart
Quantity for eBook0
$26.94
Others Also Purchased (1)
In This Series (8)

Product Description

Charles A. Wannamaker applies sociological models and rhetorical analysis to the Thessalonian epistles as well as traditional historical-critical, linguistic, literary and theological approaches. By combining the two exegetical approaches, Wannamaker strives to understand and explain 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. This is a scholarly work.

Product Information

Title: The Epsitles to the Thessalonians: New International Greek Testament Commentary [NIGTC]
By: Charles Wanamaker
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 316
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 1990
Dimensions: 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 8 ounces
ISBN: 0802823947
ISBN-13: 9780802823946
Series: New International Greek Testament Commentary
Stock No: WW2394

Publisher's Description

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.

Author Bio


Associate professor in the department of religious studies and director of postgraduate studies at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He received his doctorate in New Testament studies at the University of Durham under C. K. Barrett.

Ask a Question

Author/Artist Review