论希伯来巨人神话体系——形象、母题及其意识形态观念

Research on Ancient Hebrew Giant Mythological System: Images, Motifs and Ideologies

在古代以色列文明中,希伯来巨人神话体系具有重要意义。巨人形象源自以色列民族上古传说,其庞大的体型与令人发指的暴行在古代以色列民族文化中广为流传,逐渐演化出独特的巨人神话母题。古代以色列文献作者则有意识地利用该母题,表达对民族信仰与历史人物的立场与态度,形成"以巨人言恶"的书写传统。在此基础上,借助希伯来巨人神话体系,古代以色列文献作者对"灵与肉"的张力关系及其所蕴含的意识形态观念进行了充分探讨。因此,希伯来巨人神话体系是以色列民族关于罪恶起源、公义观念以及神学、哲学思辨的复合载体,无论是其传说发端的神秘性、文学形象的鲜明性还是哲学思辨维度上的深刻性,在以色列民族文化系统中都独树一帜,具有重要研究价值。

The giant mythology is significant in ancient Israelite civilization. The incredible size and violation of giants are wide-spread in ancient Israelite culture and formed unique motifs. The authors of ancient Israelite literature consciously made use of the motifs and created a tradition of expressing evils through the image of giant so that they were able to express their opinions to national religion and historical characters. Furthermore, by taking advantage of such mythological system, the authors were also able to conduct deep explore on the tension between soul and flesh. Thus, the ancient Hebrew giant mythological system is a typical complex of the ideologies of evils' origin, conceptions of righteousness, theological and philosophic discussion. Such system is unique in the following aspects: the mysterious origin, outstanding literary features and marvelous depth in philosophic ideas. Therefore, this research on such mythological system is of great significance.