This book breaks new ground in offering an exposition of the theological message of the Shorter Pauline Letters. Karl P. Donfried puts 1 and 2 Thessalonians in their cultural context, and identifies a number of key themes in these letters, such as the notion of election. I. Howard Marshall's study of Philippians brings out especially the understanding of the theological basis of the Christian life that underlies the letter, while his discussion of Philemon emphasizes how the main theme of the letter is the relation between the gospel and Christian ethics.

Over the past twenty-five years research on Paul's life and thoughthas yielded a wealth of new, sometimes controversial theories concerningsuch crucial questions as Paul's Jewishness and his relationto the Jesus tradition. This volume provides an excellent overviewof recent trends in Pauline studies and introduces fresh work onthe Thessalonian correspondence and Christianity.

Written by a distinguished scholar of the New Testament, thebook ranges widely over themes related to Paul, his theology, andhis role in the formation of the church. Of special interest arechapters that challenge the...

Revised versions of papers presented in meetings of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas between 1990 and 1994 elucidate the social, historical, and religious character of Judaism and Christianity in first-century Rome. Based on the latest biblical and historical scholarship as well as archaeologi

This volume introduces readers to the current scholarly debate over the earliest extant document of Christianity. Largely collected from presentations to the International New Testament Society, these essays discuss the exegetical challenges that 1 Thessalonians poses to modern interpreters and expl