Authenticity of the Second Letter to the Thessalonians

Wrede, Wilhelm; Rhea, Robert (TRN)

ISBN 10: 1498292704 / ISBN 13: 9781498292702

Published by Cascade Books, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Authenticity of the Second Letter to the Thessalonians
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498292704
• ISBN 13: 9781498292702
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Scholars continue to debate whether Second Thessalonians was written by Paul or by pseudonym. The position that the letter is a late imitation is largely based on the comparison of the parallel expressions of two epistles to the Thessalonians. There are more words and phrases that are shared between these two letters than there are in any other two New Testament letters. Wilhelm Wrede's study is the ultimate source of scholarly perception of these parallels. Not only does Wrede locate some exact parallels, he also finds definite words, verses, and related passages that precisely mirror and reflect their counterparts in First Thessalonians. Scholars who conclude that Second Thessalonians is pseudonymous owe much of that conclusion to Wrede's work. Wrede's order of the Greek parallels has been reproduced with his original annotations in this translation.

About the Authors

William Wrede (1859-1906) was a leading proponent of radical literary criticism, whose masterful Messianic Secret in the Gospels revolutionized NT studies. A late bloomer, Wrede became Professor of New Testament at Breslau, Germany in 1895 at age 36 and died just eleven years later. He produced only two major books---one on the gospels (1901) and this volume on Paul (1904) - both of which became classics, whose theses are referred to in all later texts on these topics.


Laura Kelly Fanucci is a writer and program director at the Collegeville Institute, housed at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. She earned her Master of Divinity from Saint John's School of Theology and her BA from the University of Notre Dame. She writes about spirituality and parenting at Mothering Spirit: www.motheringspirit.com.

Laura is the author of Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting (2014), Mercy: God's Nature, Our Challenge (2016), Dashed Hopes: When Our Best-Laid Plans Fall Apart (2017), and To Bless Our Callings: Prayers, Poems, and Hymns to Celebrate Vocation (Wipf & Stock, 2017). She is also the co-author of Living Your Discipleship: Seven Ways to Express Your Deepest Calling (2015). Laura is a monthly columnist for Catholic News Service, and her writing has been featured on the Christian Century online.