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4.0
Beale's work is a thorough study of Paul's letters to the young Thessalonian church. One of his strengths is setting forth multiple different viewpoints then walking through them to offer the best possible interpretation. While one may not always agree it is nonetheless helpful to have all the views laid out on the table and to have the ability to chose from them.
His illustrations are generally solid. I noticed in reading Richard Phillips work that Phillips often borrowed from Beale.
Given the eschatological focus of 1 & 2 Thessalonians Beale was the right person (given his work on Revelation and eschatology in general) to write this commentary.
My only challenge, not owing to the book itself, was that being a Kindle book I found it more difficult to process and carefully think through. I prefer hard copies especially for sermon work.
His illustrations are generally solid. I noticed in reading Richard Phillips work that Phillips often borrowed from Beale.
Given the eschatological focus of 1 & 2 Thessalonians Beale was the right person (given his work on Revelation and eschatology in general) to write this commentary.
My only challenge, not owing to the book itself, was that being a Kindle book I found it more difficult to process and carefully think through. I prefer hard copies especially for sermon work.
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