Paul's Gospel for the Thessalonians and Others

Born 1946; 1977 PhD (University of Manchester); Professor of New Testament at Chongshin Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea; Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, USA; currently a senior professor.

• Introduction1. The Structure and Function of 1 Thessalonians 1-3, and the Occasion and Purpose of 1 Thessalonians2. Jesus the Son of God as the Gospel (1 Thess 1:9-10 and Rom 1:3-4)3. The Gospel That Paul Preached to the Thessalonians:Continuity and Unity of Paul's Gospel in 1 Thessalonians and in His Later Epistles4. Jesus' Son of Man Sayings as a Basis for Paul's Gospel of Jesus the Son of God (1 Thess 1:9-10 and Rom 1:3-4)5. Jesus' Ransom Saying (Mark 10:45//Matt 20:28) and Eucharistic Saying (Mark 14:21-25 and parr.) Echoed in 1 Thessalonians and Other Pauline Epistles6. The Jesus Tradition in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:117. The Idleness of Some Thessalonians8. The Thessalonian Church as Paul's "hope or joy or crown of boasting" (1 Thess 2:19-20): Judgment according to Works and Reward for Good Deeds, or the Structure of Paul's Doctrine of Justification9. Is Paul Preaching a Counter-Imperial Gospel in 1 Thessalonians?10. Paul and the Roman Empire11. Paul's Common Paraenesis (1 Thess 4-5; Phil 2-4; and Rom 12-13), the Correspondence between Romans 1:18-32 and 12:1-2, and the Unity of Romans 12-1312. Paul's Doctrine of Justification in 2 Thessalonians 1-2, and Its Implications for Pauline Theology and 2 Thessalonians13. "The Restraining Thing" (τὸ κατέχον) and "the Restraining Person" (ὁ κατέχων) of "the Lawless Man" (2 Thess 2:1-12)14. "Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God" (Rom 12:19; cf. 2 Thess 1:5-7): The Apostle Paul and lex talionis15. Imitatio Christi (1 Cor 11:1): How Paul Imitates Jesus Christ in Dealing with Idol Food (1 Cor 8-10)16. Paul as an Eschatological Herald17. Paul the Pastor: His Preaching and Ministry18. Paul and ViolenceAppendixJesus and the Temple