- 期刊
从伊甸园故事解读犹太民族的早期历史
Deciphering the Early History of Jewry in the Story of the Garden of Eden
摘要
伊甸园故事其实是一个隐喻，一个叙述犹太民族从上帝那里得而复失家园的隐喻。它所讲述的上帝造伊甸园并安置亚当，直至亚当与夏娃最终受到惩罚被逐出伊甸园并受苦受难的故事，乃是对犹太民族进入并离开迦南即巴勒斯坦历史的真实记录。具体说来，伊甸园故事的核心思想可以用以下五个语词串接而成：赐予—立约—背叛—放逐—苦难。但伊甸园故事对犹太民族以外的其他民族仍有深刻的启示意义，例如，犹太民族的先知为了民族的生存究竟做了哪些或怎样做那些有意义的工作；还有，原本仅仅属于一个弹丸小国或小族的小传统如何竟至演变成为能够为整个世界范围普遍接受或承认的大传统。仅此而言，这个故事就值得我们回味、浮想，去对照、检视自身文化所走过的历程。
並列摘要
The story of the Garden of Eden is actually a metaphor, which describes the history of Jewry who lost their hometown they got from God. The story about God's building the Garden of Eden for Adam, and then Adam and Eve being punished by God and banished from the Garden and suffering from then is a true record about the history of Jewry who entered and left from Palestine. Concretely speaking, the core thought of the story of the Garden of Eden can be strung together by five words: granting, covenanting, betrayal, banishment, and suffering. However, the story of the Garden of Eden still has a profound revelatory meaning. For example, what kind of meaningful work did prophets of Jewry actually do for the sake of the existence of their nationality, and how? Besides, how has their small tradition been changed into a great tradition which has been accepted all over the world? Only for this, the story deserves us to enjoy, recollect. We should check the process of our culture in contrast with the story.