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

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

Outline

• Contents | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• 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

Contents

• Contents | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

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

• Outline and Structure | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Outline | The Bible Guide

• Content | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Authorship

• 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

• Author(s) | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Date

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

• 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

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

Purpose

• 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

• 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 | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Recipients

• “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

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

Authenticity

• Authenticity | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• “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

• Authenticity and Integrity | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Style

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

Structure

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

• Outline and Structure | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

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

Variants

• A Text Problem in 1 Thess 1:10 | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 147

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

• 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

• Post Tribulationism Today (Part 8):The Comforting Hope of 1 Thess 4 | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 133

• Contemporary Interpretive Problems: The Resurrection of Israel (The resurrection of 1 Thess 4) | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 124

• Biblical Evidence for the Imminence of the Rapture (1 Thess 1:9-10) | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 158

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 | 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

• Bibliography | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Bibliography | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

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