Title: Chapter 07: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: The First Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: Based upon its likely date of origin, what is significant about 1 Thessalonians?
- it is the oldest letter of Paul and therefore the oldest Christian document in existence (it is the oldest letter of Paul and therefore the oldest Christian document in existence)

Q: What is the “Great Paraenesis”?
- a section in 1 Thessalonians 4:1–5:24 in which Paul expounds upon Christian ethics (a section in 1 Thessalonians 4:1–5:24 in which Paul expounds upon Christian ethics)

Q: What did the term “parousia” mean in a Hellenistic context and what does Paul mean by it?
- the arrival or presence of an individual, particularly royal officials or rulers; Paul uses the term to refer to Jesus’s return (the arrival or presence of an individual, particularly royal officials or rulers; Paul uses the term to refer to Jesus’s return)

Q: Was the audience of 1 Thessalonians primarily Jewish Christians or Gentile Christians?
- Gentile Christians (Gentile Christians)