This new addition to the New International Greek Testament Commentary discusses problems in modern scholarship and refers constantly to the original Greek---yet remains accessible and useful to pastors and students. Wanamaker applies sociological models and rhetorical analysis to the Thessalonian epistles with gratifying results, and he shows how reversing their traditional order solves a number of exegetical problems. The series is based on the 1973 UBS Greek New Testament.
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The Latin character typesetting is decent, at best. However, wherever Greek words appear the typesetting borders on unusable. It ranges from odd placement of accents (over a space, rather than over the character that should be accented) to artificial splits between letters and even to splitting individual Greek letters in two!
A few examples:
1. Just after location 1490, in the discussion relating to chapter 1, verses 9 and 10, the paragraph beginning "Paul says that the various church communities..." contains two strings of Greek text, one several words in a row (pos ... eidolon -- pardon the transliteration) and a single word (epistrephein; the lemma of one of the words in the earlier phrase). Oddly enough, the epestrepsate in the phrase is split into three parts: accented epsilon, 'pestre', and 'psate' all separated by a full space between each of them. This is awful. It makes reading the Greek (especially for those of us who aren't fluent in it) very difficult.
2. Even worse, however, is the single word, 'epistrephein', which follows in the next sentence. In this case, the second letter (pi) is split into two parts, looking like two tau characters rather than a single pi! Terrible.
And this is just a single example -- there are dozens I've encountered, and I'm only 27% of the way through the book.
I have many printed books published by Eerdmans, all of which show them to be an excellent publisher with the highest standards and quality. Unfortunately, Amazon does not provide a similar experience in the electronic version. Stick with the paper book.
The Latin character typesetting is decent, at best. However, wherever Greek words appear the typesetting borders on unusable. It ranges from odd placement of accents (over a space, rather than over the character that should be accented) to artificial splits between letters and even to splitting individual Greek letters in two!
A few examples:
1. Just after location 1490, in the discussion relating to chapter 1, verses 9 and 10, the paragraph beginning "Paul says that the various church communities..." contains two strings of Greek text, one several words in a row (pos ... eidolon -- pardon the transliteration) and a single word (epistrephein; the lemma of one of the words in the earlier phrase). Oddly enough, the epestrepsate in the phrase is split into three parts: accented epsilon, 'pestre', and 'psate' all separated by a full space between each of them. This is awful. It makes reading the Greek (especially for those of us who aren't fluent in it) very difficult.
2. Even worse, however, is the single word, 'epistrephein', which follows in the next sentence. In this case, the second letter (pi) is split into two parts, looking like two tau characters rather than a single pi! Terrible.
And this is just a single example -- there are dozens I've encountered, and I'm only 27% of the way through the book.
I have many printed books published by Eerdmans, all of which show them to be an excellent publisher with the highest standards and quality. Unfortunately, Amazon does not provide a similar experience in the electronic version. Stick with the paper book.
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Thessalonica, modern-day Salonica, was founded around 315 BC by Cassander, the king of Macedonia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
divine man ideology, parenetic intention, exhortative material, parenetic letters, exhortative section, parenetic function, epistolary analysis, congregational situation, apostolic parousia, introductory thanksgivings, parenetic material, epistolary closing, antithetical formulations, parenetic section, thanksgiving period, demonstrative rhetoric, thanksgiving section, epistolary prescript, neuter participle, deliberative rhetoric, later stratum, apocalyptic worldview, masculine participle, canonical sequence, missionary colleagues Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Jesus Christ, Thessalonian Christians, First Thessalonians, First Urban Christians, Holy Spirit, New Testament Interpretation, Jewish Christians, Pauline Autobiography, Judean Christians, Early Christian Rhetoric, Form-Critical Study, Paul the Apostle, Dio Chrysostom, Eschatologische Existenz, Intercessory Prayer Passages, Moral World, Pauline Christianity, Book of Revelation, Greek Bible, Early Eschatological Development, Elsewhere Paul, Gaius Caesar, Hellenistic Greek, Pre-Pauline Formulae, Roman Empire New!
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Thessalonica, modern-day Salonica, was founded around 315 BC by Cassander, the king of Macedonia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
divine man ideology, parenetic intention, exhortative material, parenetic letters, exhortative section, parenetic function, epistolary analysis, congregational situation, apostolic parousia, introductory thanksgivings, parenetic material, epistolary closing, antithetical formulations, parenetic section, thanksgiving period, demonstrative rhetoric, thanksgiving section, epistolary prescript, neuter participle, deliberative rhetoric, later stratum, apocalyptic worldview, masculine participle, canonical sequence, missionary colleagues Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Jesus Christ, Thessalonian Christians, First Thessalonians, First Urban Christians, Holy Spirit, New Testament Interpretation, Jewish Christians, Pauline Autobiography, Judean Christians, Early Christian Rhetoric, Form-Critical Study, Paul the Apostle, Dio Chrysostom, Eschatologische Existenz, Intercessory Prayer Passages, Moral World, Pauline Christianity, Book of Revelation, Greek Bible, Early Eschatological Development, Elsewhere Paul, Gaius Caesar, Hellenistic Greek, Pre-Pauline Formulae, Roman Empire New!
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- Paul The Apostle by J Beker on 8 pages
- The Origin of Christology by C. F. D. Moule on 4 pages
- Greek New Testament-FL (Greek and English Edition) by B. Aland in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Biblical Greek: Illustrated with Examples (Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici) by Joseph Smith SJ in Front Matter, and page 88
- A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance by Leon Festinger in Front Matter, and page 11
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- Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters by Michael J. Gorman on page 166, and page 182
- The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds by Alan E. Bernstein on page 209, and Back Matter
- Missions in a New Millennium: Change and Challenges in World Missions by W. Edward Glenny on page 360
- First and Second Thessalonians: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching & Preaching) by Beverly Roberts Gaventa in Back Matter
- From Hope to Despair in Thessalonica: Situating 1 and 2 Thessalonians (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series) by Colin R. Nicholl in Back Matter
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