TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pahl,Michael W.
TI  - Discerning the "word of the Lord": the "word of the Lord" in 1 Thessalonians 4:15 
T2  - Library of New Testament studies
SN  - 9780567441461 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BS2725.52 .P35 2009eb
U1  - 227.8106 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, New York, NY
PB  - T & T Clark
KW  - Paulus (Apostel).
KW  - Jesus Christus
KW  - Bible
KW  - N.T
KW  - Thessalonians, 1st, IV, 15
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Word of God (Christian theology)
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Religion
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - New Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Paul's Letters
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Birmingham, 2008; "A Continuum imprint"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-185) and indexes; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM OF THE (Omitted); Chapter 2: SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE ((Omitted)); Chapter 3: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (1): PROPHETIC REVELATION AND JESUS TRADITION; Chapter 4: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (2): SCRIPTURE AND THE CHRIST EVENTS; Chapter 5: A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS: PAUL's LANGUAGE OF DIVINE UTTERANCE; Chapter 6: CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS: 1 THESSALONIANS 4.15 IN CONTEXT; Chapter 7: CONCLUSION: A FRESH SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF THE (Omitted); BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF ANCIENT WRITINGS; INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
N2  - In 1 Thessalonians 4:15, the Apostle Paul appeals to a "word of the Lord" to provide authority for his eschatological encouragement. This appeal has left a perplexing problem related to the nature and function of the specific authority to which the phrase refers. Two theories have predominated in the history of interpretation: either 1) it refers to a directly received prophetic revelation, whether to Paul or to another Christian prophet; or 2) it refers to a teaching of Jesus received as tradition, whether preserved in the Gospel tradition or otherwise unknown.This book investigates this prob
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