《圣经》“亚伯拉罕之约”的文学人类学探析——以弗雷泽《〈旧约〉中的民俗》为例

The Analysis of “The Covenant of Abraham” in Bible under the Perspective of Literary Anthropology——Take James George Frazer's Folklore in the Old Testament as an Example

"契约"是纵贯《圣经》的核心神学观念之一。从族长时代的"亚伯拉罕之约"开始,《旧约》出现了订立契约合法仪式的书面记载,其中包含的深广寓意亦值得推敲和研究。用弗雷泽的交感巫术原则来分析该仪式中"劈开"和"穿过"两个行动,分别对应着"报应理论"和"净化理论";并通过"巫术——宗教——科学"三阶段说辨析该仪式的巫术成分和宗教成分;在此基础上,阐释立约仪式中所蕴含的在历史犹太语境中口传时期和编写时期的游牧文化和契约观念。

＂Covenant＂is one of the core theology throughout the bible. From the heads of the era of＂the covenant of Abraham＂in the old testament,it has appeared enter into a contract legal ceremony of written records,which contains profound implication is worth investigating and researching. With Fraser ＇s sympathetic witchcraft principle to analyze two actions of the ceremony ＂split ＂ and＂through＂,corresponding to the theory of retribution and purification; And through the＂witchcraft-religion-science＂three stages to differentiate the ceremony is a kind of witchcraft composition and contains religious component; on this basis,the ceremony of covenant in the period of the historical context of the Jewish oral and writing,the nomadic culture and the concept of contract.