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Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, often referred to as Second Thessalonians and written 2 Thessalonians, is a book from the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is traditionally attributed to Paul, as it begins, "Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians" 〔(2 Thess 1:1 )〕 and ends, "I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters."〔(2 Thess. 3 )〕 Modern scholarship is divided on whether Paul was the author or not; many scholars question its authenticity based on what they see as differences in style and theology between this and the First Epistle to the Thessalonians. Scholars who support its authenticity view it as having been written around 51-52 AD, shortly after the First Epistle.〔"The New Testament (Recovery Version)" p. 959, ISBN 1-57593-907-X (economy edition, black)〕〔Earl D. Radmacher, (Th.D.), Ronald B. Allen (Th.D.), H. Wayne House, (Th.D., J.D.). "NKJV Study Bible (Second Edition)" p. 1903.〕 Those who see it as a later composition, assign a date of around 80 - 115 AD.
==Composition==
The authenticity of this epistle is still in widespread dispute. As Ernest Best explains the problem,
: if we only possessed ''Second Thessalonians'' few scholars would doubt that Paul wrote it; but when ''Second Thessalonians'' is put alongside ''First Thessalonians'' then doubts appear. There is a great similarity between the two; this is not only one of words, small phrases and concepts but extends to the total structure of the two letters which is in addition different from what is taken to be the standard Pauline form. At the same time the second letter is alleged to be less intimate and personal in tone than the first, and in some of its teaching, particularly in relation to eschatology, to conflict with the first.〔Ernest Best, ''The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians'' (New York: Harper and Row, 1972), p. 37〕
The structures of the two letters (to which Best refers) include opening greetings (''1 Thess.'' 1:1, ''2 Thess.'' 1:1–2) and closing benedictions (''1 Thess.'' 5:28, ''2 Thess.'' 3:16d-18) which frame two, balancing, sections (AA'). In ''2 Thessalonians'' these begin with similar successions of nine Greek words, at 1:3 and 2:13. The opening letter section (1:3–2:12) itself comprises two halves, 1:3–12 (where the introductory piece, A, is 1:3–5; the first development, B, is 1:6–10; and the paralleling and concluding development, B', is 1:11–12) and 2:1–12 (with pieces: A 2:1–4, B 2:5–7, B' 2:8–12). The second, balancing, letter section (2:13–3:16c) also comprises two halves: 2:13–3:5 (with pieces: A 2:13–14, B 2:15–17, B' 3:1–5) and 3:6-16c (with pieces: A 3:6–9, B 3:10–12, B' 3:13-16c). Of the twelve pieces in ''2 Thessalonians'' seven begin with 'brother' introductions. Of the eighteen pieces in ''1 Thessalonians'' fourteen begin with 'brother' introductions. In both letters the sections balance in size and focus, and in many details. In ''2 Thessalonians'', in 2:5 and 3:10, for example, there is a structural balance of the use of 'when I was with you...' and 'when we were with you...'.〔David G. Palmer, ''New Testament: New Testimony to the skills of the writers and first readers'', Ceridwen Press, 2006, 0-9513661-4-9〕
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