An Investigation of the Usage of Jewish and Greco-Roman Imagery in 1 Thess. 4:1318
by
Michael E. Peach
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 has long been the quintessential Pauline text on the parousia of Christ. Nowhere else does Paul reveal a more vivid picture of Christ’s coming. The apostle Paul employs a number of images to describe the parousia to the Thessalonian congregation who have become anxious,...