@article{Szczur_2021, title={Λῃσταί w świetle źródeł literackich przełomu er (I wiek przed Chrystusem i I wiek po Chrystusie)}, volume={79}, url={https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vp/article/view/12673}, DOI={10.31743/vp.12673}, abstractNote={<p>The article presents a semantic field and variation of the meaning of the noun λῃστής in Greek literature of the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. Texts of pagan and Jewish authors’, as well the New Testament fragments where the word λῃστής appears were analyzed. The analyzes show that in the ancient Greek literature the noun λῃστής originally had a negative and positive meaning, as well, describing not only a robber who takes others property by force but also a warrior (or paid warrior), who as a result of a fight with an enemy gets a war loot that was owed to him. Although later, especially in the literature analyzed in the article - the main role had diminishing denotations. Greek authors of the turn of the eras used the noun λῃστής to describe all types of evildoers. Above all that term was used in reference to bandits and robbers, especially acting in packs and attacking travelers and villages to steal or commit a murder. The word is used for describing rebels, troublemakers, and ‘revolutionaries’ acting against the authorities, which is especially visible in Joseph Flavius’ texts.</p>}, journal={Vox Patrum}, author={Szczur, Piotr}, year={2021}, month={Sep.}, pages={409–432} }