文化记忆理论视角下的《旧约》节日书写

Writing of the Festivals in “Old Testament” in the Perspective of the Cultural Memory Theory

对节日的书写是《旧约》中一项不容忽视的重要内容。由书中大量的描述可以看出,以色列人的节日已不再是自然事件,而转变为文化事件,是文化记忆的一种重要组织形式,因而表现出文化记忆的诸多特征和意义:在内容上被宗教化、历史化和伦理化,在形式上具有集体性、空间性、现时性等特征。如此叙述的节日起到了凝聚民族意识、确立和巩固身份认同的重要作用,体现着独特的犹太文化特征。

In the ＂Old Testament＂, the writing of festivals is an important content that should not be ignored. Basing on a large number of descriptions of festivals, we can conclude that Israel festivals are no longer the natural events, but have become the cultural events which is a type of significant construction form of cultural memory. Thus the festivals embody many characteristics and meanings of cultural memory： as to the respect of its content, they are religious, historical and ethical ; as to the respect of its form, they have the characteristics of communality, sptiality and actualization. Such festivals that are described with these characteristics play a vital role in cohering national consciousness ,establishing and maintaining identity, which embodies the unique characteristics of Jewish culture.