The Thessalonian Correspondence: Pauline Rhetoric and Millenarian Piety

"Here is the first full-scale attempt to combine the methods of rhetorical criticism and social-scientific criticism in an analysis of Paul's Thessalonian correspondence. This wide-ranging and imag- inative study marks an impressive advance in our comprehension of the situation and strategy of Paul's letters to Thessalonica and the underlying problem of 'millenarian radicalism.'" John H. Elliott University of San Francisco