Bøger af Timothy A. Brookins

"As a letter directed not to a universal, much less a modern, audience but to a specific church in a specific place with a specific set of problems, 1 Corinthians requires the interpreter to take careful consideration of the letter's ancient milieu and the circumstances that precipitated its composition. This commentary aims to offer a culturally informed interpretation of the letter in light of a hypothetical reconstruction of the problems that lay behind it. In offering such an interpretation, the commentary offers not a word-by-word analysis but broad exposition of the text focused on the structure of Paul's argument in each of the letter's main units. Preliminary to interpretation, it is necessary to consider certain background issues relating to the historical context in which the letter was written, the identity of the audience and author, and the unique features of the letter as a literary composition"--

A practical commentary on First and Second Thessalonians that is conversant with contemporary scholarship, draws on ancient backgrounds, and attends to the theological nature of the texts.

A convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, engages important text-critical questions, and addresses questions relating to the Greek text that are frequently overlooked or ignored by standard commentaries.

A convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, engages important text-critical questions, and addresses questions relating to the Greek text that are frequently overlooked or ignored by standard commentaries.