Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Βιβλικών Σπουδών: Καινή ΔιαθήκηLibrary of the School of Theology
Author:
Alexiou Dimitrios
Supervisors info:
Σωτήριος Σ. Δεσπότης, Καθηγητής, Θεολογική Σχολή, Τμήμα Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας και Θρησκειολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Ο Χριστιανός ως Πολεμιστής και η πολεμική ορολογία του Απ. Παύλου στην προς Εφεσίους επιστολή του, (6,10-20)
Translated title:
The Christian as a Warrior and the military terminology of Ap. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians (6:10-20)
Summary:
This essay deals with the military terminology used by the Apostle of the Nations, Paul, which is found in the passage 6:10-20 to the letter of Ephesians and lies at the Canon of the New Testament as part of the captivity letters.
The purpose of the research is to investigate the causes behind the use of such a vocabulary as well as its impact on the community members whom it was addressed to, in order to consider themselves to be “soldiers o Jesus”
Additionally, it is an attempt to define the term “divine soldier” or “soldier of God” in the Greek-Roman world but also in the Jewish world as it exists in the respective literature.
From these texts it was made possible to derive the probable influences of the author. The environment in which the apostle lived and acted along with his own personal experiences which in fact structured and powered a certain thought pattern are also examined in this essay.
Finally, it is an attempt to illustrate the results of this teaching method and the way it was perceived by the succeeding generations of believers in the ecclesiastical writers who lived in this specific era.
Main subject category:
Religion
Keywords:
war, armor, soldier, guns, N.T., O.T., Apostle Paul, Ephesians, Iliad, Aeneid, Nazirites, Makkabees, Qumran, Essenes, Yahweh, Ecclesiastical Writers, Greco-Roman world, Judaism, military terminology
Number of references:
132
