Suing for Peace at Any Cost? Reading the Parable of the Two Kings (Luke 14.31–2) in Times of War

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New Testament Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1017/s0028688523000310

Korinna Zamfir

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Abstract

The paper re-examines the parable of the king pondering about engaging in war with a more powerful enemy (Luke 14.31–2), focusing on questions commonly asked in antiquity and still relevant today with respect to war and suing for peace. These regard the cause of the war and the reasons for fighting, the tension between bravery and wisdom, the circumstances that may contribute to the defeat of a superior army and the costs of peace making. I explore this parable in the context of other Lukan passages touching on the topic of war and peace. I challenge the assumption that Luke was a pacifist, and I argue that the parable cannot provide answers to contemporary questions about the ethics of peace and war.

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不惜一切代价争取和平？在战争时期解读《两个国王的寓言》（路加福音 14.31-2

本文重新审视了国王思考与更强大的敌人开战的寓言（《路加福音》14.31-2），重点探讨了古代人常问的问题，这些问题与今天的战争和求和仍然相关。这些问题涉及战争的原因和作战的理由、勇敢与智慧之间的矛盾、可能导致打败优势军队的情况以及求和的代价。我将结合其他涉及战争与和平主题的路加经文来探讨这个寓言。我对路加是和平主义者的假设提出质疑，并认为这个寓言无法为当代有关和平与战争伦理的问题提供答案。

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期刊介绍： New Testament Studies is an international peer-reviewed periodical whose contributors include the leading New Testament scholars writing in the world today. The journal publishes original articles and short studies in English, French and German on a wide range of issues pertaining to the origins, history, context and theology of the New Testament and early Christianity. All contributions represent research at the cutting edge of the discipline, which has developed a wide range of methods. The journal welcomes submissions employing any such methods in recent years. The periodical embraces exegetical, historical, literary-critical, sociological, theological and other approaches to the New Testament, including studies in its history of interpretation and effects.