从尘世之城到天国之城的升华——《圣经》里耶路撒冷城地位变迁与西方天堂文化探源

Sublimation from Earthly City to Heavenly City:Transmutation of Jerusalem's Location and Cradle of Heaven Culture in Western Literature

自基督教文明伊始,天堂这一概念就成为了一种不可或缺的文化因素,它对基督教社会的各个方面产生着巨大的影响。这一文化因素的源头可追溯到基督教与犹太教共有的一部神学、史学、文学经典《圣经》的记载,追溯到同属亚伯拉罕大传统下的三大神教所共同享有的一座圣城耶路撒冷。正是《圣经》所记述的耶路撒冷城由尘世之城升华为天国之城的演进过程,揭示了西方基督教天堂文化的起源。

Ever since the initial era of Christian civilization,the concept of heaven has always been an indispensable cultural element,bringing enormous influence upon almost all the aspects of the social life in the Christian world,especially upon western literature.The origin of this cultural fabric is chronologically documented in The Scriptures,a theological,historical and literary classic shared by Christianity and Judaism,and traced back to Jerusalem,a holy city revered by Judaism,Christianity and Islam,the global three monotheisms deriving all from Abraham.It is the biblical records that reveal the germination of Christian culture of heaven in western literature through the narration of how Jerusalem sublimates from the City of David on earth to the City of God in heaven.