Papyri and the Synoptic Miracle Stories

纸莎草纸和对观奇迹故事

• 批准号: 393546284
• 负责人: Dr. Mara Rescio, Ph.D.
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lehrstuhl für Exegese und Hermeneutik des Neuen Testaments
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/393546284?language=en
• 关键词: Papyri; Synoptic; Miracle; Stories

The research project 'Papyri and the Synoptic Miracle Stories' is aimed at investigating all the miracle stories reported by the three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) from a papyrological point of view. The starting question of the project is quite simple: How could the Synoptic miracle stories have been perceived or understood by an 'average' reader or listener of their time? To answer this, the analysis will seek to illuminate the language, key topics, and social scenarios of the Gospel narratives through a sound comparison with documentary papyri, ostraca, and tablets coming from the Greco-Roman world, taking also into account ancient semi-literary texts concerning magic and medicine (e.g. magical amulets or medical treatises, prescriptions, and recipes). As the most part of the miracle stories transmitted in the Synoptic tradition depict Jesus as a healer and exorcist, special attention will be paid to issues related to healing and disease, such as: (a) the relationship between Jesus and the healing practitioners of his time (including analysis of the use of medical and/or magical techniques by Jesus and his disciples); (b) the social construction of illness and the connections between disease, social status, ethnicity and gender; (c) the symbolic meaning of diseases, considering ancient conceptions of suffering and misfortune as a result of 'non-human' agents (particularly in the case of demoniac possessions or 'evil eye'); (d) the role and the status of doctors, healers, and magicians in antiquity as well as the importance of healing practices in the construction of Christian identity; (e) the question whether the authors of the Synoptic Gospels were influenced by or aware of the ancient Greco-Roman medical terminology. In all these aspects, the project will conduct ground-breaking research, as a papyrological approach together with the consideration of relevant semi-literary texts has never been chosen before to analyse the text of the Gospels in a systematic way. The final result will be a complete commentary on the Synoptic miracle stories, based on the model and methodology of the international series 'Papyrologische Kommentare zum Neuen Testament - Papyrological Commentaries on the New Testament' (PKNT) published by Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht (2003-). Due to its special topics and its strong interdisciplinary character, it is reasonable to assume that the expected volume will represent not only an important supplement to traditional biblical commentaries, but also an indispensable tool for further research in the fields of papyrology, New Testament studies, and the history of the ancient Mediterranean world.

“纸莎草和符类神迹故事”研究项目旨在从纸莎草学的角度调查三部符类福音书（马太福音、马可福音和路加福音）所报道的所有神迹故事。这个项目的开始问题很简单：对观神迹故事是如何被他们那个时代的“普通”读者或听众感知或理解的？为了回答这个问题，分析将试图通过与来自希腊罗马世界的文献纸莎草纸，ostraca和平板电脑的合理比较来阐明福音叙事的语言，关键主题和社会场景，同时也考虑到古代关于魔法和医学的半文学文本（例如神奇的护身符或医学论文，处方和食谱）。由于在符类传统中流传的大部分奇迹故事都将耶稣描绘成一个治疗者和驱魔者，因此将特别关注与治疗和疾病有关的问题，例如：(a)耶稣与他那个时代的治疗从业者之间的关系（包括对耶稣和他的门徒使用医疗和/或魔法技术的分析）；(b)疾病的社会构成以及疾病、社会地位、种族和性别之间的联系；(c)疾病的象征意义，考虑到“非人类”因素造成的痛苦和不幸的古老概念（特别是在恶魔占有或“邪眼”的情况下）；(d)医生、治疗师和魔术师在古代的角色和地位，以及治疗实践在基督教身份建构中的重要性；(e)对观福音书的作者是否受到古希腊罗马医学术语的影响或了解这些术语的问题。在所有这些方面，该项目将进行开创性的研究，因为纸莎草学方法与相关半文学文本的考虑从未被选择以系统的方式分析福音书的文本。最终的结果将是对符类神迹故事的完整评论，基于范登霍克和鲁普雷希特（2003-）出版的国际系列“Papyrologische Kommentare zum Neuen Testament - Papyrologische Commentaries on The New Testament”（PKNT）的模型和方法。由于其特殊的主题和强大的跨学科特征，我们有理由认为，预期的卷不仅是对传统圣经注释的重要补充，而且是在纸莎草学、新约研究和古代地中海世界历史领域进一步研究的不可或缺的工具。