1. The ancient city was founded in Macedonia about _____________ BC by _____________________ , who named it after his wife, ______________________, the daughter of _________________________ and sister of ________________________.  Under Roman rule Macedonia was divided into ____________ regions.  ___________________________ was the capitol of the region in which it was located.  It was designated a Roman province in ___________________ BC and was a __________________ province governed by a Roman ____________________ who had his administrative capitol in this free city of _____________________________.  Thessalonica was not only important politically, but also __________________________.  One of Rome’s major ____________________ trade routes passed through the city.  Paul and his co-workers would have traveled on this Roman Road on their way from ___________________ through ___________________ and _______________________ to Thessalonica, leaving it as they turned south towards _____________________.

2. Paul established the church in Thessalonica during the _______________ missionary journey according to ________________ ( ____: _______ - _____: ________).  Acts 17:4 says that “a large number of ________________ and not a few prominent _____________” were converted.  Paul was driven from the city by a _________________ who charged him and his co-workers with crimes against ___________________ (17:5-6a).  When Paul could not be found, they dragged ________________ and some other believers before the city officials. What was their claim against these Christians? _________
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What did the city official require Jason and the others to do? ___________________________________.
Where did the Thessalonian believers send Paul on that night? To ____________ and he took with him what other believer? ____________________.  This account tells us that the church of Thessalonica was made up of both _________________________ and ________________________.  

3. How does the accounts in Acts and 1 Thessalonians in relation to Paul’s stay in Thessalonica seem to be contradictory?  How can you explain this apparent contradiction?

4. How many trips did Timothy make to Thessalonica as emissary between Athens/Corinth and the church at Thessalonica? ____________  Each journey was how long in miles? About _______________ miles

5. The author identified himself as the _____________________ along with _____________ and _____________________, and few scholars ______________ the letter’s genuineness.  Pauline authorship was rejected by ______________ and the ______________________ school and for a number of years a few scholars followed. List the three apparent inconsistencies between the Acts account and the evidence of 1 Thessalonians when it comes to discussing authorship of 1 Thessalonians.

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6. How does Martin respond to this assertion, especially in relation to Acts?  List the evidence we have that Paul was the author of this letter known as the Epistle to the Thessalonians.

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7. Within the letter itself several features argue strongly for Pauline authorship: List Martin’s four arguments.
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8. What early church fathers accepted 2 Thessalonians as authentic from Paul’s pen? 

9. What is the source for objecting to Paul’s authorship of 2 Thessalonians? List these out.
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9. The result is that the _______________ of 2 Thess is inconsistent with that of _________________ because the _____________ sounds less formal than the __________________,  How does Martin answer these ideas of non-Pauline authorship of 2 Thessalonians on page 28-29?

10.  What is the issue of unity in 1 Thessalonians?

11. What is the problem of sequence between these two letters and what is Martin’s conclusion?

12. Martin says that 1 Thessalonians would have been written in the late _____________ of AD _______, although a date ___________________ ________________ later cannot be ruled out.
13. His date for 2 Thessalonians says that if Pauline authorship is assumed and the traditional sequence of letters is accepted, the 2 Thessalonians would be dated __________________ months ______________ that of ________ ____________________ and toward the end of Paul’s _________________ ministry --- late _______ or early _____________. If 2 Thessalonian priority is assumed then it is reasonable to assume that ______________ took it with him when Paul sent him from _______________ to __________________. This results in a date __________ in the AD ____________.

14. The Acts account and both letters are unified on one score: the gospel that brought ________________ had also resulted in ________________________ of believers.  The persecutors were persistent enough to drive Paul out of ______________________________.  They would use the ___________________ system or ________________ action. So, the Thessalonian letters were intended to address the problem of _____________________ and bring __________________ to the Thessalonian believers.  Peace was desireable, but Paul warned the believers that ________________________ by evil and __________________ persons was ________________________.  How did Paul try to get the Thessalonians believers to broaden their vision? 
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15. Several major passages address eschatology. List them below.

16. What purposes does the eschatology of Thessalonians serve? List these.

17. List the unresolved questions due to a lack of biblical text or ambiguity in the text.

18. Summarize Martin’s discussion on Election and Faith

19. True or false? The fact of divine election and each person’s volition are equally evident in these letters?