“爱“与“恩慈”—《旧约》视野下的基督教爱观

'aheb and hesed: Christian Concept of Love in the Perspective of the Old Testament

林艳(LIN Yan)

《聖經文學研究》 7輯 (2013/03) Pp. 417-425

摘要

《旧约》表达上帝之爱的词语主要有'aheb和nihum，这种爱带有拣选的特征。表达人之爱的词语主要有'aheb和dod,分别表现了同性之间的友情和异性之间的爱情。表达上帝慈爱与人的恩慈的词语有hesed和hus，人对人能产生恩慈,主要是由于上帝对人有慈爱。《旧约》较之于《新约》尚处于发展阶段，《旧约》的爱与《新约》的爱并无不可逾越的鸿沟。

關鍵字

爱 ； 恩慈 ； 《旧约》

並列摘要

'aheb and nihum are often used to express God's love in the Old Testament, and both of them have the chosen meaning. aheb refers to friendship between homosexual, and dod refers to love between heterosexual, and both of them can he used to express man's love. Hesed means God's kindness, and hus means man's favor. Man's favor comes from God's kindness. Old Testament is still at the stage of the development comparing to the New Testament, and there is no great gulf between love in the Old Testament and love that in the New Testament.

並列關鍵字

'aheb ； hesed ； Old Testament