The Thessalonian correspondence has become of more interest to scholars in recent years for several reasons. First Thessalonians is considered one of the earliest—if not the earliest—extant documents of the New Testament. Secondly, both letters emphasize early Christian interest in eschatology. There have been several excellent commentaries produced throughout the years, but the last decade has seen a surge of strong scholarship on these texts. Technical F. F. Bruce (WBC) [2 Thess