From Hope to Despair in Thessalonica : Situating 1 and 2 Thessalonians (Hardcover)

Preface; Abbreviations; Part I: 1. Introduction; Part II: 2. Grieving without hope; 3. Anxious and fearful; 4. In need of reassurance; Part III: 5. Shaken and terrified; 6. Perseverance under threat; 7. Explaining the problem of 'idleness' and the conclusion: the situation underlying 2 Thess. 3:6?15 and 3:16?18; Part IV: 8. Synthesis and conclusion; Appendix: Michael, the restrainer removed (2 Thess. 2:6?7); Bibliography.