First Epistle to the Thessalonians

Overview

• “Thessalonians, First Letter to the” | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• “Thessalonians, Letters to the” | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• 1 Thessalonians | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• “Thessalonians, the First Letter of Paul to The” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• 1 Thessalonians | Holman Bible Handbook

• 1 Thessalonians | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• 1 and 2 Thessalonians | The Bible Guide

• 1 Thessalonians | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Keys to 1 Thessalonians | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Introduction to 1 Thessalonians | The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians

• “Thessalonians, First Letter to the” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Outline

• Contents | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• “Outline of 1, 2 Thessalonians” | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• Outline of Contents | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Outline | Holman Bible Handbook

• Outline | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Outline | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• Outline of Contents | New Bible Dictionary

• Outline | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Content Outline of 1 Thessalonians | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Brief Outline | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Outline | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

• Outline | The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 11: Ephesians Through Philemon

Contents

• Contents | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Contents | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• “Thessalonians, the First Letter of Paul to The” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Outline and Strucutre | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Outline | The Bible Guide

• Content | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Authorship

• The Authorship of 1 Thessalonians | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• Authorship | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• Origin | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Authorship | New Bible Dictionary

• “Authorship, Literary Form, and Genre” | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Date and Authorship | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Author | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Authorship and Date | The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians

• Author(s) | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Date

• Time and Place | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• The Date of the Thessalonian Correspondence | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• Date and Occasion | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• “Place, Date, and Occasion” | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• The Place and Date of Writing. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Date and Authorship | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Date | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Authorship and Date | The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians

• “Date, Origin, and Destination” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Purpose

• Date and Occasion | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• “Place, Date, and Occasion” | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• Epistolary Structure and Function | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• The Purpose of the Letter | Holman Bible Handbook

• Purpose of the Letter | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• “Thessalonians, First Letter to The” | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• Occasion | New Bible Dictionary

• The Occasion of the Letter. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• The Purpose of the Letter. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Background and Purpose | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Purpose | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

• The Correspondence | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Historical Context

• Historical Background | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• The Sequence of the Thessalonian Correspondence | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• Early Christian Experience at Thessalonica | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• Background to the Thessalonian Letters | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• Founding of the Church of the Thessalonians | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• From Thessalonica to Corinth | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• Historical Context | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Origin | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Background | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• “Thessalonians, First Letter to The” | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• “Thessalonica, a Major City of Macedonia” | New Bible Dictionary

• Origins and Social Setting | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Thessalonica | The Bible Guide

• What’s Been Going on At Thessalonica | The Bible Guide

• The City of Thessalonica. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• The Evangelization of the City. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• The City and Its Christian Community | The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians

• The City | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Recipients

• Paul and the Thessalonians | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• “Thessalonians, First Letter to The” | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• The Church | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Location

• Time and Place | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• “Place, Date, and Occasion” | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• The Occasion and Place of Writing | The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians

• “Date, Origin, and Destination” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Geography

• Thessalonica—A Prominent City of Macedonia | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

Relationship

• Relation Between the Two Letters | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• Miscellaneous Solutions | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

Authenticity

• Authenticity | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Authenticity of I | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• “Thessalonians, First Letter to The” | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• “Thessalonians, First and Second Epistles to the” | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Authenticity and Integrity | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• The Authenticity of the Epistle. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

Unity

• The Unity of 1 Thessalonians | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• Authenticity and Integrity | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Text

• The Text | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• A Textual Problem in 1 Thessalonians 1:10 | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 147

Style

• Paul’s Use of Rhetorical Strategies | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• Language And Personal Equation | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• “Authorship, Literary Form, and Genre” | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Structure

• Paul’s Use of the Thanksgiving Form | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• Disposition | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• Epistolary Structure and Function | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• No Need To Have Anyone Write: A Structural Exegesis of 1 Thessalonians | Semeia 26: Narrative Discourse in Structural Exegesis: John and I Thessalonians

• Method for a Structural Exegesis of Didactic Discourses. Analysis of 1 Thessalonians | Semeia 26: Narrative Discourse in Structural Exegesis: John and I Thessalonians

• Outline and Structure | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Theological Outline of 1 Thessalonians | The Bible Reader’s Companion

Emphases

• Significant Features | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Theological Significance | Holman Bible Handbook

• Theological Significance | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Major Theme | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• The Correspondence | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Message

• Teaching | New Bible Dictionary

Theology

• Doctrinal Teaching | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• The Theology of the Thessalonian Letters | The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Thessalonians

• Eschatology at Thessalonica | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• Christian Doctrine in Thessalonians | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• The Resurrection of 1 Thessalonians 4 | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 124

• Posttribulationism Today: Part VIII: The Comforting Hope of 1 Thessalonians 4 | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 133

• Biblical Evidence for the Imminence of the Rapture | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 158

• Significant Features | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• The Theology of the Letter | Holman Bible Handbook

• Theology of the Letter | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Key Doctrines Mentioned in 1 and 2 Thessalonians | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Theological Values | The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 11: Ephesians Through Philemon

Significance

• Evaluation | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Historical Significance | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Spiritual Content

• Questions for Reflection | Holman Bible Handbook

• Questions for Reflection | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

Bibliography

• Bibliography | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Bibliography | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• Bibliography | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 45: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

• Commentaries | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

• Bibliography | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Bibliography | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Sources for Additional Study | Holman Bible Handbook

• Sources for Additional Study | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Bibliography | New Bible Dictionary

• From Hope to Despair in Thessalonica: Situating 1 and 2 Thessalonians | Review of Biblical Literature: 2004

• Bibliography | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Bibliography | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Bibliography | The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians

• Bibliography | The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 11: Ephesians Through Philemon