An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures: 12 Lessons on Text, Background, Themes, and Interpretation
About this audiobook
The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures include high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
The study of Paul's Thessalonian letters is enjoying fresh interest today. These texts are considered by many to be amongst the earliest extant Christian documents. They are included in conversations about early Jewish and Christian apocalypticism. New insights are coming from examination of the religious, socio-cultural, and political contexts of Roman Thessalonica. And, looking back, these letters have played an important role in the development of Christian eschatology. An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures, taught by Nijay Gupta, serves as an up-to-date guide to these discussions and much more.
An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures parallels 1 and 2 Thessalonians in the Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament series, addresses:
- Authorship
- Date
- Audience
- Socio-Historical Context
- Genre
- Purpose
- Integrity
- Textual History
- Greek Style
- Structure
- Argument
- Main Interpretive Issues
- Reception into the Canon
- Selected History of Interpretation
About the author
Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, University of Durham) is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. He is the author of several academic books including 1-2 Thessalonians (ZCINT), Paul and the Language of Faith, 15 New Testament Words of Life and has published commentaries on Colossians, Philippians, and Galatians. He is co-editor of The State of New Testament Studies and the second edition of Dictionary of Paul and His Letters.
