Eschatology of the Thessalonian Correspondence: A comparative study of 1 Thess 4, 13-5, 11 and 2 Thess 2, 1-12 to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

Cover
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter I: Preliminary Issues
	1. The History of Discussions Concerning the Authenticity of the Letters to the Thessalonians
		1.1. Denying the Authenticity of Both Letters
		1.2. The Authors Accepting Authenticity of 1 Thess but Denying the Authenticity of 2 Thess
			1.2.1. The Eschatology of 2 Thess 2, 1–12 Contradicts that Found in 1 Thess 4, 13–5, 11
			1.2.2. Literary Relations between 2 Thess and 1 Thess
			1.2.3. A Problem of 2 Thess 3, 17 – “I, Paul write this greetings in my own hand”
			1.2.4. The Difference in Tone between 1 Thess and 2 Thess
			1.2.5. The Need for a Holistic Argument against the Authenticity of 2 Thess
	2.	Conclusion
Chapter II: Events Preceding the Parousia
	1.	Motifs of Vigilance and Deception
		1.1.	The Motif of Vigilance
			1.1.1.	Christians
			1.1.2.	Non-Christians
		1.2.	Motif of Deception
			1.2.1.	Deceiving of Christians
			1.2.2.	Deceiving of non-Christians
	2.	The Man of Lawlessness and the Restrainer
		2.1.	The Man of Lawlessness
			2.1.1.	The Man of Lawlessness and His Nature
			2.1.2.	Works of the Man of Lawlessness
			2.1.3. Revelation of the Man of Lawlessness
			2.1.4.	The Son of Destruction
		2.2.	The Restrainer
			2.2.1.	Analysis of Important Terms
			2.2.2.	The Figure of the Restrainer
			2.2.3.	Identification of the Restrainer
	3.	Conclusion
Chapter III: Events connected with the Parousia
	1.	Motif of Surprise
		1.1.	Christians
			1.1.1.	“Times and dates”
			1.1.2.	“You know very well”
			1.1.3.	“Like a thief in the night”
		1.2.	Non-Christian
			1.2.1.	“Peace and security”
			1.2.2.	“Destruction will come on them suddenly”
			1.2.3.	“As labor pains in a pregnant woman”
	2.	Description of Events Associated to Coming of the Lord
		2.1.	An Order
		2.2.	The Voice of an Archangel
		2.3.	The Sound of the Trumpet of God
		2.4.	Descent from Heaven
		2.5.	Rising from the Dead
		2.6.	“Be taken up in the clouds”
		2.7.	“To meet Lord in the air”
	3.	Equality of Living and the Dead on the Day of Parousia
		3.1.	The Coming of the Lord
		3.2.	Those Who Fall Asleep
		3.3.	Those Who Remain Alive
		3.4.	“Together with them”
	4.	Conclusion
Chapter IV: Paul’s Eschatological Concept in the Thessalonians Corespondence
	1.	Eschatological and Apocalyptic Motives in the Letters to the Thessalonians and in the Intertestamental Literature
		1.1.	Similarities
			1.1.1.	Similarities of Motifs
			1.1.2.	Similarity or Dependence?
		1.2.	Differences
			1.2.1. Paul’s Changes to Eschatological Motifs Occurring in the Intertestamental Literature
			1.2.2.	Original Pauline Eschatological Motifs
		1.3.	Paul’s Use of Eschatological Motifs
	2. The Problem of the Unity of Eschatology in the Letters to the Thessalonians
		2.1.	Eschatology or Eschatological Motifs in 1–2 Thess
			2.1.1.	Dualism
			2.1.2.	The Time and Seasons
			2.1.3.	Parousia / the day of the Lord
			2.1.4.	The Resurrection
			2.1.5.	The Judgment
			2.1.6.	Salvation
			2.1.7.	Conclusion
		2.2.	A Different Way of Using Eschatological Motifs in 1 Thess and 2 Thess
		2.3. An Assessment of the Validity of Claims about Differences in the Eschatology of 1 Thess and 2 Thess
Summary
Bibliography
Indexes
	Index of Biblical Passages
	Index of Dead Sea Scrolls Passages
	Index of the Old Testament Psuedepigrapha Passages
	Index of topics
	Index of Authors