Sirens, Bees and ‘the Silver and Gold of the Egyptians’: On Early Christian Approaches to Cross-Cultural Dialogue

早期基督教对跨文化对话的处理路径

卡尔．桑德斯(Karl Olav Sandnes)

《比較經學》 4期 (2014/07) Pp. 313-337

摘要

Early Christians had to relate to the legacy of Greek culture, its many stories, classical texts, its philosophy and traditions; in short Greek learning (paideia). Christians did not hold unanimous views on the issues involved here. While some withdrew from cultural and intellectual exchange, and thus paved the way for isolationism, others advocated this exchange. They even argued on the basis of the Bible that such exchange was beneficial. The present article investigates three of the most important analogies drawn upon by these advocates, that is the story of Odysseus and the Sirens, bees collecting from various flowers and making honey thereof, and the biblical story of the ＂Silver and Gold of the Egyptians.＂

關鍵字

Greek learning (paideia) ； hermeneutical models ； early Christianity

並列摘要

早期基督徒必须将基督教与希腊文化的遗产联系在一起，包括希腊故事、经典文本、哲学与传统，可以将这些希腊传统总称为“智慧之学”。在这些问题上，基督教并不持有完全一致的看法。一些人反对文化和智识的交换，为文化孤立主义铺平了道路，另一些人则倡导进行文化和智识的交换。他们甚至以圣经为依据，认为那样的交换是有益的。本文将探讨这些倡导者最常提到的三个比附，即奥德修斯与塞壬、用百花酿蜜的密蜂、圣经故事中的“埃及的金器与银器”

並列關鍵字

希腊学术 ； 早期基督教 ； 诠释学模型