並列摘要
In light of the general lack of awareness of the long history of Western-Marxist fascination with the Bible, this article offers a synopsis of part of that history. After showing how the Bible was an important element in the work of Ernst BLOCH, WaIter BENJAMIN and Theodor ADORNO, it then offers a critique of the current engagements with it by Alain BADIOU, Slavoj ZIZEK, Terry EAGLETON and Giorgio AGAMBEN. The third section deals with the most significant element of the religious Left in recent years, namely liberation theology. It closes with some comments concerning the growth of Marxist biblical studies and some suggestions for the way Marxism might reconnect with a non-reified biblical tradition.