Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Metaphor as Rhetorical Strategy -- 2. Establishing the Text, Grammar, and Translation of 1 Thessalonians 2 -- 3. Historical and Social Backgrounds of the Infant and Nurse Metaphors -- 4. Literary Background of the Infant and Nurse Metaphors -- 5. Paul as Infant and Nursing Mother among the Thessalonians -- 6. The Metaphors, the Letters, and Paul the Apostle -- Bibliography -- Ancient Sources Index -- Modern Authors Index -- Subject Index.