斐洛论犹太神学的合理性意义

The Epistemological Status of Jewish Theology of Philo

希腊化时期,希腊文化既得到了广泛的传播,也对其他地区和民族的文化带来了影响和冲击.面对强势的希腊文化,其他民族和文化的思想家们采取了不同的应对策略.亚历山大城的犹太神学家斐洛认为希伯来文明与希腊文化并不冲突,它们在根本上是一致的,并首先提出理性是信仰的仆人,信仰高于理性的思想.他站在调和主义的立场上,在希腊哲学的基础上改造和创新,为犹太教思想做了知识论意义上的辩护.斐洛的这一方法和思想被后来的基督宗教哲学家借鉴和继承,形成了系统的基督宗教哲学,并持续影响着现当代基督教哲学思想.

Hellenism was spread wildly during the Hellenistic period,which broughtdeepimpact to non-hellenistic groups.Facing with thepopularity of the Greek culture,philosophers from non-hellenistic groups tookdifferent strategies to response to such influence.Philo of Alexandria hold thatHebrew civilization and Greek culture are essentially consistent rather thanconflict.He claimed that philosophy is the handmaid of theology.However,holding with the conciliatory stance,he innovated the form of Greekphilosophy so as to defend Jewish thoughts in the mode of epistemology.Hismethods and thoughts were inherited and used for reference by Christianphilosophers who established systematic Christian philosophy,and continuallyinfluenced modern Christian philosophers.