"Gentle as a Nurse": The Cynic Background to I Thess II

Malherbe, Abraham J.

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“…109 with n. 15;Witherington 1994. In connection with 1 Thessalonians, it is mentioned by Malherbe 1983Malherbe , 1987Mitchell 1997: 226-27;Schoon-Janßen 2000;Thraede 1970: 95-97. 30…”

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Absent Presences of Paul and Christ: Enargeia in 1 Thessalonians 1—3

Heath

2009

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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Paul is absent from Thessalonica; Christ is (in some sense) absent until his parousia; God is distant, invisible; the missionary visit lies in the past. But in the letter they receive from Paul, the Thessalonians find these manifold presences conjured under Paul’s pen and again made vivid. The following article studies this in the context of ancient discussion of enargeia. Although enargeia was never well systematized in antiquity, the term was frequent in diverse contexts for a range of interrelated phenomena connected with effects of vivid presence. Previously, scholarly discussion of ‘absent-presences’ in Paul has focused on Paul’s practice of making his own personal presence vivid to addressees, and this has been debated chiefly in the light of ancient epistolary theory. The introduction of enargeia opens the way for investigation of a wider range of ‘absent-presences’ and relationships between them, and places the discussion in a broader cultural setting. The aim is a theologically and historically richer exegesis of the epistle.

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“…109 with n. 15;Witherington 1994. In connection with 1 Thessalonians, it is mentioned by Malherbe 1983Malherbe , 1987Mitchell 1997: 226-27;Schoon-Janßen 2000;Thraede 1970: 95-97. 30…”

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“…27. Burke 2000. Others have interpreted them with reference to imagery of wandering sophists (Malherbe 1970(Malherbe , 1983). Donfried 1985: 338, 340 suggests a connection with Dionysiac imagery, since the cult of Dionysus was present in Thessaloniki and has some features in common with Christianity, e.g.…”

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Absent Presences of Paul and Christ: Enargeia in 1 Thessalonians 1—3

Heath

2009

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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“…For his part, Paul reminds his readers in 1 Thessalonians 2:7−9 how he had ministered to them (see Malherbe 1970):…”

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Ethics in Context: The Thessalonians and their neighbours

Malherbe

2012

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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Ethics in Context: The Thessalonians and their neighboursFirst Thessalonians was written within a few months, following the conversion of Paul's Greek readers, and reflects how his ethical teaching was part of his proclamation. Paul's preaching of the gospel, intimately connected with the kind of person he was, brought about a close personal relationship between him and his converts. Whilst he stood as a moral model for them, he nevertheless spoke for God, and thus, his ethical instruction was grounded theologically. His converts would have understood how moral dicta, with which they were familiar, were derived from philosophy, but not from religion, as Jews and Christians held. In the overtly paraenetic sections of the letter (ch. 4 and 5), Paul was at great pains to underline this connection, which was the main point he was making.

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“…(Rickards, 1978;Whitton, 1982;Collins, 1983aCollins, /84, 1983bUlonska, 1987;McGehee, 1989; see also Yarbrough, 1985), to Paul's defense in 2: If. (Malherbe, 1970(Malherbe, , 1983Cranfield, 1979;Horbury, 1982; see also Lyons, 1985), and on Paul's use of christological formulae (Friedrich, 1965;Holtz, 1977;Collins, 1980/84;Havener, 1981). (Best, Mar-shall, Reese; also Jewett) defend both the integrity of the first and the authenticity of the second; I would note that I. Havener (Collegeville series) takes issue with both.…”

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Contemporary Research On 1 (& 2) Thessalonians

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1990

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture

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Study of Paul's Thessalonian correspondence, once a relatively neglected area of research, has, along with other Pauline subjects, begun increasingly to attract the attention of scholars worldwide. This article surveys the more prominent commentaries and extended studies of the Thessalonian correspondence and reviews some of the principal concerns of current Thessalonian research: persecution or alienation, Pauline missionary work and community formation, Acts 17 and the Thessalonian correspondence, the community and its eschatological interests, Paul's early concerns, and, finally, the composite character of 1 Thessalonians and the pseudonymity of 2 Thessalonians. An extended bibliography concludes the survey.

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"Gentle as a Nurse": The Cynic Background to I Thess II

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Absent Presences of Paul and Christ: Enargeia in 1 Thessalonians 1—3

Absent Presences of Paul and Christ: Enargeia in 1 Thessalonians 1—3

Ethics in Context: The Thessalonians and their neighbours

Contemporary Research On 1 (& 2) Thessalonians

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