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| Religious Intercrossing in Late Antique Eurasia: Loss, Corruption, and Canon Formation | ||
| 作者 | Dilley, Paul C. (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of World History |
| 卷期 | v.24 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 2013.03 |
| 頁次 | 25 - 70 |
| 出版者 | University of Hawai'i Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/journals/ |
| 出版地 | Honolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Paul C. Dilley, University of Iowa |
| 摘要 | Mani, a prophet from third-century Iran who founded the first world religion, famously claimed that he alone wrote down his own revelations, in contrast to Jesus, Zoroaster, and Buddha, who had left this task to their disciples. Although this assertion is clearly polemical, it does echo a concern shared by a number of traditions across Late Antique Eurasia, from Rome to China. Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Confucianism all sought to consolidate the authoritative teaching of their founders in response to the perceived threat of loss or corruption, sometimes under the patronage of regional or local authorities. This widespread appearance of canons, occurring over the long period of Late Antiquity (second to sixth centuries c.e.), was sometimes based on the belief that oral traditions were particularly vulnerable and had to be fixed as texts, but there was also anxiety over the destruction and falsification of written documents. In conclusion, this article suggests that this striking development reflects a neglected mode of cultural exchange in Late Antiquity driven by members of court society, including religious experts such as Mani. Their activity within a network of courts across Eurasia, all connected indirectly even if there was no direct exchange between the ends, facilitated the gradual intercrossing of religious ideals and practices, such as the goal of consolidating founders' teachings. |
| 目次 | APPROACHES TO CANON FORMATION IN LATE ANTIQUITY 30 LOSS, CORRUPTION, AND RECOVERY OF EURASIAN TRADITIONS 37 Judaism 37 Christianity 40 Greco-Roman Traditions 43 Zoroastrianism 45 Buddhism 50 The Jains 54 The Confucian Classics 56 CONCLUSION: COURT EXCHANGES AND RELIGIOUS INTERACTION IN LATE ANTIQUE EURASIA 58 |
| ISSN | 10456007 (P); 15278050 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 30 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.11.24 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.11.24 |
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