The Letters to the Thessalonians: Pillar New Testament Commentary [PNTC]
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The Letters to the Thessalonians: Pillar New Testament Commentary [PNTC]  -     By: Gene L. Green

The Letters to the Thessalonians: Pillar New Testament Commentary [PNTC]

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 2002 / Hardcover

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Mining new knowledge about the first-century world of Thessalonica, Gene Green in The Letters to Thessalonians [PNTC] offers a masterful analysis of two of Paul's earliest epistles. His comprehensive study of the people, their history, socio-economic conditions, and religious beliefs illuminates his careful verse-by-verse commentary, providing you with an in-depth look at what these pastorally astute letters say about perseverance amid suffering and trials, attitudes toward work, questions concerning Christ's second coming, and more.

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Title: The Letters to the Thessalonians: Pillar New Testament Commentary [PNTC]
By: Gene L. Green
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 370
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 2002
Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 10 ounces
ISBN: 0802837387
ISBN-13: 9780802837387
Series: Pillar NT Commentary
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In this commentary Gene Green reads Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians in light of the canon of Scripture and of new knowledge about the first-century world of Thessalonica. This fruitful approach helps illuminate the impact of the gospel on its original readers and, in turn, shows how potent a force it can be for the church and society today.

The book begins with an in-depth study of the Thessalonians themselves -- their history, land, socioeconomic conditions, and religious environment. This fascinating discussion gives the necessary context for fully appreciating the circumstances surrounding the founding of the city's first church and the subsequent struggles of the Thessalonian believers to live out their Christian faith.

The main body of the book provides informed verse-by-verse commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians that extracts the fullest possible meaning from these important New Testament texts. As Green's exposition shows, the Thessalonian scriptures are especially valuable as letters of friendship and for showing Paul's pastoral concern for the many areas in which the Thessalonians needed guidance. Some of Paul's purposes are to thank the new believers for their steadfastness amid suffering, to encourage them in their trials, to urge them not to neglect their daily work, and, no less important, to teach them about the future of believers who die before Christ returns. Indeed, the matter of the last things and the second coming of Christ so permeates these texts that they are often called Paul's eschatological letters.

Filled with new information about ancient society, this commentary will fast become a standard reference work for Bible study. By carefully bridging the biblical and modern worlds, Green shows with clarity and warmth the continuing relevance of 1 & 2 Thessalonians for contemporary readers.

Author Bio

Gene L. Green is professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School. Before coming to Wheaton, he taught for thirteen years in Latin America.

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Craig Blomberg
-Denver Seminary
The Pillar New Testament Commentary series is quickly establishing itself as the premier mid-level commentary series on the English text of Scripture but written with full awareness of the Greek and all the key exegetical debates that busy pastors and teachers need to know about. Volumes such as James Edwards on Mark, D. A. Carson on John, David Peterson on Acts, Peter O'Brien on Ephesians, Douglas Moo on Colossians and Philemon and also on James, Gene Green on Thessalonians, Peter Davids on 2 Peter and Jude and Colin Kruse on the Letters of John are as fine as any 'competitors' of the same scope in print. And more of the same quality are continuing to appear.

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Andrews University Seminary Studies
"Green's evangelically oriented commentary is an excellent contribution to Thessalonian scholarship."

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