From Hope to Despair in Thessalonica: Situating 1 and 2 ThessaloniansColin R. Nicholl examines the situations giving rise to each Thessalonian Epistle to determine how the two relate historically. His book presents a compelling hypothesis, arguing that the two letters reflect two stages of a single crisis plaguing a recently formed Greek Church, (which spiralled from hope into despair because of confusion about the end time.) This monograph is the most up to date and comprehensive account of the Thessalonian Epistles