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have often been regarded as a post-Pauline interpolation.

The following arguments have been based on the content: ( 1 ) It is perceived to be theologically incompatible with Paul's other epistles: elsewhere Paul attributed Jesus's death to the " rulers of this age " ( 1 Cor 2: 8 ) rather than to the Jews, and elsewhere Paul writes that the Jews have not been abandoned by God for " all Israel will be saved " ( Rom 11: 26 ); According to 1 Thes 1: 10, the wrath of God is still to come, it is not something that has already shown itself ( 2 ) There were no extensive historical persecutions of Christians by Jews in Palestine prior to the first Jewish war ( 3 ) The use of the concept of imitation in 1 Thes.

2. 14 is singular.

( 4 ) The aorist eftasen (" has overtaken ") refers to the destruction of Jerusalem ( 5 ) The syntax of 1 Thes.

2: 13-16 deviates significantly from that of the surrounding context.