"Selection of fifteen essays written between 1974 and the present; they are offered here in their original form with the exception of minor corrections."--P. vii.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-331) and indexes.

Shifting paradigms: Paul, Jesus and Judaism -- The cults of Thessalonica and the Thessalonian correspondence -- 2 Thessalonians and the church of Thessalonica -- 1 Thessalonians, Acts and the early Paul -- Chronology: the apostolic and Pauline period -- The theology of 1 Thessalonians as a reflection of its purpose -- The assembly of the Thessalonians: reflections on the ecclesiology of the earliest Christian letter -- The epistolary and rhetorical context of 1 Thess. 2.1-12 -- Paul and Judaism: 1 Thess. 2.13-16 as a test case -- Was Timothy in Athens?: some exegetical reflections on 1 Thess. 3.1-3 -- Paul and Qumran: the possible influence of sdr [romanized] on 1 Thessalonians -- The Kingdom of God in Paul -- Justification and last judgment in Paul -- Justification and last judgment in Paul: twenty-five years later -- Paul as skenopoiâos [romanized] and the use of the codex in early Christianity.