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BIBL 3213 New Testament Introduction – Online Worksheet chapter 16
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.
1.
In ancient times, the inclusion of more than one person in a salutation was common.
False
2.
According to Carson and Moo, Silas was the primary author of 1 Thessalonians.
False
3.
The majority of modern scholars view Paul as the author of 2 Thessalonians.
False
4.
The titles of New Testament letters were added when the letters were collected.
True
5.
According to Carson and Moo, 2 Thessalonians was written in late 50 or early 51.
True
6.
Most modern scholars follow the Tübingen School in rejecting the Pauline authorship of 1
Thessalonians.
False
7.
F. C. Baur strongly defended the Pauline authorship of 2 Thessalonians.
False
8.
According to Carson and Moo, it is unlikely that Paul could have held the views of eschatology
presented in 1 and 2 Thessalonians at the same time.
False
9.
Paul’s eschatological teaching in 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11 is designed to comfort the Thessalonians over the
death of some of their fellow believers.
True
Define or explain the following term as it is used in this chapter.
10.
God-fearers: People who had “turned to God from idols.”
Answer the following questions.
11.
Why do many modern scholars question the Pauline authorship of 2 Thessalonians? As we have
seen, the main problem is that 1 Thessalonians appears to teach that the end is both imminent and its
time incalculable, whereas 2 Thessalonians warns against imminence and claims that certain “signs” will
precede the end.
12.
What arguments does Charles Wanamaker present for dating 2 Thessalonians before 1
Thessalonians? There are several reasons for reversing the order, but the most important are: 1) In 2
Thessalonians, persecution is treated as a present reality, while in 1 Thessalonians it is past. 2) The
authenticating signature of 2 Thessalonians 3:17 makes best sense if 2 Thessalonians were the first letter
Paul wrote to the church. 3) 2 Thessalonians corresponds remarkably well with Paul remarks in 1
Thessalonians 3:1-5 about Timothy’s mission to Thessalonica. And for Paul’s claim in 1 Thessalonians 5:1
that he has no need to instruct the Thessalonians about the time of the end makes best sense if had
already written 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12.
13. What are Paul’s three basic purposes for writing 1 Thessalonians? The content of 1 Thessalonians
reveals that Paul had three basic purposes in writing: to clear up any misconceptions about his own
motives in in light of his hasty departure Thessalonica; to remind the Thessalonians of some key ethical
implications of their new faith; and to comfort the Thessalonians over the death of their fellow
Christians. Further discussion of the first and third of these purposes is required.
14.
What are some major areas of difference between 1 and 2 Thessalonians? Verbal inconsistencies, 2
Thessalonians has a more formal tone than 1 Thessalonians, and attention focuses mainly on the
eschatological teaching in the two letters.
15.
What are some major areas of similarity between 1 and 2 Thessalonians? The basic argument here is
that no author would duplicate material from one letter in another written so soon to the same audience
as would be the case if Paul had written both 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
16.
What are the most important contributions of 1 and 2 Thessalonians? 1) eschatology, 2) identifying
Jesus early in 1 Thessalonians as the one “who rescues us from the coming wrath.” 3) as a way of
comforting the Thessalonians in light of their misunderstanding of the relationship between dead and
living believers.
17.
How does the theological content of the Thessalonian letters compare with that found in Paul’s later
letters? Paul’s theology as evident in 1 Thessalonians, compared with that of his later letters, cannot
simply be characterized as a theology in the early stages of development; rather, it is situationally
determined, and only those specific themes move to the foreground which the apostle’s pastoral
concerns consider necessary.
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