Authenticity of the Second Letter to the Thessalonians

Robert Rhea is a graduate of Davidson College, Union Theological Seminary, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and studied at the University of Marburg with Georg Werner Kuemmel, at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich with Werner Vordtriede, and at the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultaet of the University of Vienna. At Union Theological Seminary he wrote a thesis entitled the Johannine Son of Man (1990).

"Rhea has made a valuable contribution to Pauline (and especially Thessalonians) scholarship. Not only has he made sure that William Wrede's Die Echtheit des zweiten Thessalonicherbriefs Untersucht is in print again, but his translation makes Wrede's detailed authorship arguments accessible to a broader audience." Benjamin E. Reynolds, Associate Professor of New Testament, Tyndale University College, Toronto"Whether or not one agrees with Wrede's analysis of the Thessalonian correspondence, his treatment of its unity and disunity is essential reading for New Testament scholars. Now ably translated by Robert Rhea, this text makes a valuable contribution to Pauline studies, within the English-speaking world and beyond."Paul N. Anderson, Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies, George Fox University The book provides a useful reminder of Wrede's importance to New Testament studies and makes it possible to engage freshly with Wrede's thought with the benefit of more than a century of hindsight.Filología Neotestamentaria - Vols. XXXIII - 2020, p.238

• Translator's Preface Translator's Note AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations for Reference WorksNotes on the Greek Preface Preliminary RemarksChapter I The Literary Relationship of the Two Letters to the Thessalonians: A Comparison of the Parallels Chapter II Objections to an Early Fiction: The Writer's Purpose and Situation Chapter III Literary Form and CompositionChapter IV The Letter as ForgeryChapter V The Significance of the Jerusalem TempleBibliography