托勒密埃及的宗教政策探究

The Religious Policies in the Ptolemaic Egypt

在希腊化世界东西方文化交流的背景下,托勒密王朝的宗教政策体现了埃及与希腊传统相互融合的特点。基于历史传承、社会环境、文化传统、政治需要等四个方面原因的考虑,托勒密王朝统治者对埃及神祇、祭司、神庙、丧葬习俗等方面进行整合,使埃及宗教传统得以保留,在创新基础上延续其宗教信仰:一方面支持埃及宗教传统的继续发展,另一方面在埃及宗教传统的基础上渗入希腊宗教、文化元素,进而使埃及宗教希腊化。作为王朝政治的组成部分,托勒密王朝的宗教政策稳固、加强了其统治,同时也为埃及宗教注入新鲜的活力,对埃及宗教发展产生了深远的影响。

Its religious policies in the Ptolemaic dynasty reflected that the rulers made the traditional fusion between Greece and Egypt under the background of the eastern and western cultural fusion in the Hellenistic world.According to the historical background,social environment,cultural tradition and political needs,the Ptolemaic rulers altered the Egyptian gods,priests,temples and funeral customs,which maintained and extended the Egyptian religious belief based on the innovation.On the one hand,the Ptolemaic rulers were in favor of supporting the tradition of the Egyptian religion.On the other hand,they blended the Greek religious and cultural elements into the Egyptian religion,which made it with the Hellenistic feature.As a part of the dynastic politics,the religious policies in the Ptolemaic dynasty consolidated its ruling,which formed a profound influence and injected energy into the Egyptian religion.