Re: Exegetical paper on 1 Thess--help??

From: Edgar Krentz (ekrentz@lstc.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 31 1997 - 14:46:06 EDT


Mark Goodacre <goodacms@m4-arts.bham.ac.uk>, suggested that you do 1 Thess
2:13-16. Good passage,

I suggest 1 Thess 4:9-12. It has a number of hapax legomena, points of
contact with Epicureanism (?) and other Gr philosophic motifs, is related
to a major problem for the early church, how to fit into society, etc. The
writings of Abraham Malherbe would be very useful. and you do not have the
a\problem of authenticity, tough for a first exegetical paper. Ed Krentz

>Organization: Fac of Arts:The Univ. of Birmingham

>Dear Loril
>
>The answer has to be 1 Thess. 2.13-16 - quite the most fascinating
>passage in the letter (with the possible exception of 4.13-18), and
>much discussed in the commentaries, especially over the question of
>whether or not this is a 'deutero-Pauline interpolation'. My own
>instinct tends to be to appeal to such things only as a last resort,
>in which case one has to make sense of the apparent incongruity
>between this passage and Romans 9-11. Plenty for an exegetical paper
>there!
>
>Good wishes
>
>Mark

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