아브라함의 후손: 아브라함 전승의 다문화적 해석 (The Descendants of Abraham: A Multicultural Interpretation of the Abrahamic Traditions)

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· 저자명 : 한동구

초록

본 연구는 신약시대의 기독공동체(갈 3: 7-14; 롬 4: 13-16)에서 보여준 다문화적 세계관의 기원을 찾는 논문으로, '다문화적 세계관과 가치'를 전하는 '아브라함 전승을 신약성서로부터 중간사의 문헌 그리고 구약의 문헌으로 시대적으로 역방향으로 추적해 올라간다. 본 연구는 좁은 민족주의 구별/차별을 넘어 세계공동체 형성에 기여할 것이다.

영어초록

The 21st century's world, which is sometimes referred as 'Neo- Hellenistic', is multicultural where a diversity of people shares a nation and a common ground of life. However, though the world has changed to multicultural society, the people yet seem to value nationalistic ideas considerably. I believe therefore it is needed for this era to have a biblical value of multicuturalism, which is specifically advocated in the Abrahamic traditions and studied in the present article tracing them back from the New Testament, intertestamental writings and to the Old Testament.
The christian community in the New Testament opened the door for every believers to be a part of 'the descendants (= seed) of Abraham' (Gal 3: 7-14; Rom 4: 13-16). Christian missionary work has thus become worldwide, overcoming nationalism and reaching to the multicultural and multinational world.
The intertestamental writings also attest the multicultural advocating Abrahamic traditions. For instance, Sirach 44: 19-21 say that Abraham could possibly become a father of many nations because he was blessed by God for his sincere observation of the Law; it in effect highlights the subsequent harmony between Israel and the foreign nations and their culture. In 1 Maccabees 12: 19-23 it is said that "the Spartans and the Jews are brothers and are of the family of Abraham".
Psalm 47, in the Old Testament, insinuates that the range of the Israelite people covers every nations in the world since YHWH God's sovereignty is expanded to accept the leaders of nations in the world as the people of Abraham's God. In the Abrahamic traditions of Genesis, YHWH God acknowledges Israel and the gentiles all together as his people, advocating 'multicultural world-view and values'. First of all, all the world is recognized as a family that derives from one man by the bless of God. This idea clearly indicates that the variety of the nations in the world are the descendants of Abraham. The bless of that 'expansion' is an innovative interpretation for the identity of Israel is seriously associated with witnessing the bless of God to all the nations in the world.
The very tradition advocating the multicultural world-view is found in Genesis 21: 8-21. Here the new world in which God carries out his will is envisaged, where the 'feeble belief' that attempted to run in the family by an adopted son (Gen 15: 2) or a concubine (Gen 16) is denounced, and the 'narrow-minded nationalism' that only admits a son of first wife as a true heir is got over. God broke down the wall of nationalistic separation between Israel and the gentile since he is a God over all the nations in the world.

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