War and Peace in the New Testament
by Willard M. Swartley, Elkhart, IN
Contents
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I. Scope of Topic and Bibliographic Work |
2301 |
II. Contextual and Hermeneutical Considerations |
2304 |
1. Text and Interpreter |
2304 |
2. The Hebrew Scripture Background |
2305 |
a) The Meaning of Shalom |
2305 |
b) War in the OT |
2307 |
3. Greco-Roman World as Reader-Context |
2309 |
III. Concepts and Terminology |
2314 |
1. Polemos and eirênê not Antonyms,
but Closely Related |
2314 |
2. Variety of Usage and Meaning Among Writings |
2315 |
IV. Analysis of Main NT Sections |
2316 |
1. Synoptic Gospels (and Acts) |
2316 |
a) Nature of Kingdom of God and Jesus' Messiahship |
2316 |
b) Jesus on Power, War, and Violence (Jesus and the State) |
2318 |
c) Jesus' Ministry as Battle against Evil |
2329 |
d) Proper Human Response: Faith |
2330 |
e) People Not the Enemy |
2332 |
f) Love of Enemies and Nonretaliation |
2334 |
g) Luke's Eirênê Emphases |
2339 |
2. Pauline and Deutero-Pauline Writings |
2341 |
a) God of Peace |
2342 |
b) Peace(making) and Its Essential Relation to Justification/Righteousness
and Reconciliation |
2343 |
c) Victory Over the Principalities and Powers |
2350 |
d) Spiritual Warfare: Martial Imagery in Paul and Nonretaliation |
2354 |
e) Believers' Attitude and Conduct toward Government |
2357 |
3. The Johannine Corpus |
2365 |
a) Gospel and Epistles |
2366 |
b) Revelation |
2369 |
4. Hebrews, James, 1 Peter |
2374 |
V. Summary and Conclusions |
2385 |
| Bibliography |
2389 |
1. Twentieth Century Literature |
2389 |
2. Related Literature Used in Article |
2406 |
