An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures: 12 Lessons on Text, Background, Themes, and Interpretation (audio)

by Nijay K. Gupta

Publisher:

Zondervan Academic

, 2022

Overview

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook’s direct narration of a book’s text, An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures include high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources. The study of Paul’s Thessalonian letters is enjoying fresh interest today. These texts are considered by many to be amongst the earliest extant Christian documents. They are included in conversations about early Jewish and Christian apocalypticism. New insights are coming from examination of the religious, socio-cultural, and political contexts of Roman Thessalonica. And, looking back, these letters have played an important role in the development of Christian eschatology. An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures, taught by Nijay Gupta, serves as an up-to-date guide to these discussions and much more. An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures parallels 1 and 2 Thessalonians in the Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament series, addresses: • Authorship • Date • Audience • Socio-Historical Context • Genre • Purpose • Integrity • Textual History • Greek Style • Structure • Argument • Main Interpretive Issues • Reception into the Canon • Selected History of Interpretation An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures, taught by Nijay K. Gupta offers a robust picture of Paul’s letters, with videos addressing issues such as audience, socio-historical context, purpose, structure, history of interpretation, and much more.

Product Details

• Title: An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Audio Lectures: 12 Lessons on Text, Background, Themes, and Interpretation (audio)
• Author: Nijay K. Gupta
• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Audio
• Subjects: Religion › Biblical Studies--New Testament--Paul’s Letters; Religion › Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--New Testament; Religion › Biblical Studies--Exegesis & Hermeneutics; Religion › Christian Theology--Eschatology
• ISBNs: 9780310142911, 0310142911
• Resource ID: LLS:9780310142911
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-02T21:45:59Z

About Nijay K. Gupta

Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, University of Durham) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Portland Seminary, George Fox University, Oregon, and author of Worship that Makes Sense to Paul: A New Approach to the Theology and Ethics of Paul’s Cultic Metaphors (BZNW 175; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010), Colossians (Smyth & Helwys Biblical Commentary; Macon: Helwys, 2013), and 1-2 Thessalonians (New Covenant Commentary Series; Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2016). He is co-editor of The State of New Testament Studies (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2019), and co-editor of a planned second edition of the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press).