The
19th and 20th centuries were a period when many drastic changes happened in
theological field. One change occurred in the rise of the field of Liberal
Theology. This new ideology based on the 17th-century continental rationalism
had unique traits that traditional theology had not shown before. The most
controversial approach of Liberal Theology is to scrutinize the content of
Bible critically in order to gain the proper information academically and
historically. The new movement peaked in 20th-century Germany when a
wave of German theologians challenged orthodox Christian beliefs. Around that
time, even the crucifixion of Jesus began to become an academic question for
those scholars. Eventually, the “Vision Hypothesis” was created as a new standard
for the logical understanding of the miracle. The hypothesis was proposed in
1835 by David Friedrich Strauss who was well known for his extreme liberal views
in the biblical interpretation field. In this theory, he denied the physical
resurrection of Jesus, and instead, supported the idea of visual revelation,
something, like hallucinations, by disciples. Many scholars, though, have
opposed this opinion. For example, Pinchas Lapide, a Jewish theologian and
Israeli historian, claims that ”if the defeated and depressed group of
disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith, based
only on autosuggestion or self-deception—without a fundamental faith
experience—then this would be a much greater miracle than the resurrection
itself” (Overman, 162). According to Matthew and Mark, when Jesus was arrested
by Roman soldiers, those disciples ran away in fear of getting caught with
Jesus (Matthew 26:56[1], Mark 14:50[2]). In consideration of the
unfaithful action toward Jesus by his followers, Lapide’s explanation seems
rational. Even Strauss, who proposed the hallucination theory, conceded the
singularity of the sudden conversion in the end. Intriguingly, Paul suggests
over 500 people knew or witnessed the revival of Jesus (1 Cor 15:6[3]). If Strauss is correct and
if we can rely on Paul’s post facto account, it would mean that those 500
people were all hallucinating. It surely sounds like a miracle. However, even
now, there are many theologians who strongly support Strauss’s theory. For
instance, one of my theological professors at Sophia University who is a
well-renowned Catholic Japanese priest openly advocated this theory in his
lecture. It is apparent that critical review might be essential for learning
the proper biblical elements. However, those excessive theories like vision
hypothesis seem to be self-advertisement rather than theology. Like Lapide
said, their persuasions sometimes tend to be more ambiguous than biblical
descriptions are and some of them cannot be regarded as rationalistic or academic
at all.
2017年9月19日火曜日
2017年9月18日月曜日
Analysis of Biblical Criticism -Third-
Vaticinium ex eventu,
is has been argued, is “the term applied to a passage in the prophets or the
gospels which has the form of a prediction but is in fact written in the
knowledge of the event having occurred[1]”. Among the Holy Scriptures,
the book of Daniel has been one of the most discussed areas for the occurance
of vaticinium ex eventu since ancient times. Porphyry (A.D. 232–ca. 305), a
Neo-platonic philosopher assumed that there could be no predictive element in
prophecy so that the Book of Daniel could be only historical in nature, and
therefore of a late date (Bargas). Furthermore, some scholars state that there
are some vaticinium ex eventu passages in the New Testament as well. For
example, a biblical scholar J. M. Creed insisted that Luke 23:34[2] is the “prophecy from the
event” for the fulfillment of Psalm 22:18 “the soldiers casting lots for Jesus’
garments” (Creed, 287). In addition, some scholars seriously think that the
story of “the Destruction of the Temple” is one example of vaticinium ex
eventu. According to their theory, the Jesus’s prophecy was a forged fable
based on the First Jewish–Roman War (A.D. 66–73) in which Jerusalem and the
Temple were completely destroyed by Roman soldiers (Stegall). When it comes to
the New Testament, it is extremely crucial whether the destruction of the temple
is vaticinium ex eventu or not because it would immediately settle when the
Gospels were written. In other words, if this story is a prophecy from the
event, it means the Gospels were penned after the destruction of the temple
which actually occurred in A.D. 70. There have been so many heated disputes
over this issue so far. Professor Andreas J. Köstenberger, the spearhead
advocator of this accusation, asserts that John 11:47-48[3] obviously reveals that the
author of this gospel knew about the tragedy (Stegall). However, John Robinson,
an English New Testament scholar, hits back at this allegation for the reason
that “the chief priests and Pharisees did not leave Jesus “alone” to continue
doing His sign-miracles for in fact they crucified Him.” (Stegall). All in all,
the suggestions related to “Vaticinium ex eventu” in the New Testament seem to
be a lack of sufficient evidences and explanations for various questions. For
one thing, if those Gospel authors knew “the Destruction of the Temple”, why
did not they boast the fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy more directly as they
usually did? (John 13:38[4], 18:17[5]). Moreover, if the Gospels
were written after the incident (A.D. 70), then why do their descriptions lack
other significant events (e.g. the abrupt ending of Acts)? Certainly, there are
so many hypotheses over this matter. However, the conclusive truth is still
unclear. Sometimes ideas that are said to be supported by majority of the
scholars are not more reliable at all in biblical criticism than the Holy Scripture
itself.
[1] Oxford Biblical
Studies Online
http://www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1988?_hi=0&_pos=7
[2] Jesus said, "Father, forgive
them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his
clothes by casting lots.
[3] Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked.
“Here is this man performing many signs. If we let him go on like
this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away
both our temple and our nation.”
[4] Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your
life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you
have denied me three times.
2017年9月17日日曜日
Analysis of Biblical Criticism -Second-
Robert
J. Schadewald, of the NCSE is also an expert on pseudoscience. Has pointed out
that there are many Biblical references which are affected by “Geocentrism” both
in the Old Testament and the New Testament. For instance, as for the Old
Testament, he explains that Genesis 1:6[1], Isaiah 40:21-22[2] and many other passages
suggest: “the Earth is immovable and others treat the sun and moon as minor
bodies” (Schadewald, 95). Interestingly, By contrast, some people strongly
refute this perspective by countering that the Old Testament actually states
that the earth is spherical. Henry M. Morris, an American Young Earth Creationist,
Christian apologist, and engineer, stresses that Isaiah 40:21-22 implies the Earth
is spherical saying that “khug” in Isaish 40:22 means "sphericity” and
adds that “thus both earth and the deep
are components of the great terrestrial sphere" (Morris, 2000, P113). Schadewald,
though, points out the same passage is based on the image of a flat Earth. In
this way, Biblical interpretations on various matters occasionally vary quite
widely depending on a scholar’s theological stance, and it is often very
difficult to determine which opinions are more precise or correct. To confuse
matters more, Schadewald also indicates that the New Testament also has
passages that express the authors’ geocentric notions. The proofs for the claim
are exemplified by the two cases. One is Revelation 1:7[3] and the other is the story
of the temptation of Jesus from Matthew and Luke. In terms of Revelation 1:7,
the passage at issue is: “Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see
him.” The similar descriptions that Jesus comes with clouds can be found in
some Gospels as well. According to Matthew 24:30, “all the peoples of the earth
will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Schadewald insists that those scenes portray the geocentric view of the authors
of the Holy Scriptures. Furthermore, he points out that Matthew 4:8[4] asserts that the “word
translated as ‘world’ is the Greek kosmo, meaning the whole universe.” He adds
that “from a sufficiently high mountain, one could see all the kingdoms of a
flat world of limited extent, but the passage is nonsense when applied to a
spherical Earth” (Schadewald, 95). This explanation about Geocentrism in the
Bible might sound firmly rational. Nevertheless, there is always a way to
refute any position, especially in theological study, because of its complex
nature. Regarding the New Testament’s Geocentrism conspiracy, we might be able
to touch a sore spot in that some of the Schadewald’s understandings of the
Biblical world might be a little inaccurate. For example, in the story of the
temptation of Jesus, the Greek word world
which is used in Mark is surely “kosmo” meaning the whole world. On the other
hand, In Luke, in the same episode, the word is replaced by a different Greek
word “oikoumené” which means “the inhabited world” that implies the both “the
whole world” and “the limited world.” Luke 2:1[5] clearly denotes that the
word can be grasped as “a part or a large part of the world” instead of “the
whole world.” Thus the phrase “of the world” might point to the near regions
like “Palestine” or “Canaan.” Moreover, the meaning of the expression “all the
kingdoms” in the story translated from the Greek word “basileias” used by both
Gospel writers is similarly confusing. It generally suggests “kingdom” in which
a king sovereignly rules. Given the characteristic of the Jewish community, it
is highly possible that this word directly indicates “all the Judean kingdoms”
where the sons of Herod then reigned. Therefore, there can be at least two
potential interpretations for the meaning of “all the kingdoms of the world” in
this part. One is “all the nations of the whole world” as Schadewald supports,
and the other is “all the Judea kingdoms of the Palestine” or “all the Judea
kingdoms of the Canaan,” as Barnes notes[6]. Likewise, as for
Revelation 1:7, we might be able to regard its message as a regional event or
simply as part of the parable: “though seeing, they may not see; though
hearing, they may not understand” (Luke 8:10). This parable, of course,
discounts all scientific reasoning when attempting to understand the Bible. When
it comes to seeking the truth in the Biblical stories, the result can be
greatly changed depending on the approach of the analysis.
[1] And God said, "Let there be a
vault between the waters to separate water from water."
[2] Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not
been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
[3] "Look, he is coming with the
clouds," and "every eye will see him, even those who pierced
him"; and all peoples on earth "will mourn because of him." So
shall it be! Amen.
[4] Again, the devil took him to a very
high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
[5] In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should
be taken of the entire Roman world.
[6] http://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/matthew-4.html
(Matthew 4:8 commentary)
2017年9月16日土曜日
Analysis of Biblical Criticism -First-
Where will the
scholarly research on religion lead us? Biblical criticism has rapidly become a
major subject of study these days and many scholars around the world are now
engaging in this field regardless of their own belief. On the other hand, there
are some religious groups in which honest religious critique are never
forgiven. For example, in Islam which is the second largest religion,
criticizing the Koran, its own sacred book, is definitely unacceptable. The
series of the Satanic Verses incidents reminded us of Islam’s strict
“protective” culture. On the contrary, in Christian world, theologians who
belong to the Christian community sometimes are more aggressive when it comes
to criticizing the Holy Scriptures than scholars of other religions are. Today,
every element in Christian traditions have been deeply discussed and researched
without any restrictions. In this essay, we will scrutinize some of the
arguments which have caused a lot of controversy among scholars. Firstly, we will
focus on the influence of “Geocentrism” on the Bible by examining the
commentaries of Robert J. Schadewald who is a former president of the National
Center for Science Education (NCSE). In addition, the discussions over the biblical
“vaticinium ex eventu”, which means "prophecy from the event", is one
of the main topics that this examination deals with. Moreover, the hypothesis
about the crucifixion of Jesus will also come into play. These subjects will help
us to understand the essence of the Biblical criticism.
2017年9月15日金曜日
How do we learn languages?
(*Japanese Essay)
人間における言語発達は、まず、音声を発することから始まる。生後0~4週間の乳児の場合は、産声や叫喚などであるが、これが生後8~10ヶ月になると、「ジャーゴン」と呼ばれる本人のみ理解できる言語を発するようになる。そして、生後10~13ヶ月には、特定の単語を単発で話すことにより、自らの意思を示すことが可能になる。これらの言語習得の過程において、子供たちが聞く言葉の量と質、および周辺の環境から与えられる一貫した教育が、子供の言語行動を大きく左右することが知られている。 幼少期において、言語と常に触れ合いを持つことは、言語を獲得することにおいて、非常に重要なことである。また、言語のみならず、子供たちの周りにいる大人たち、(特に両親)による、幼児への表情(フェイシャルエクスプレッション)やフィジカルコンタクトも、人間の言語成長に大きな役割を果たすことが指摘されている。ある研究では、これらの時期に、適切なコミュニケーションを得ることが出来なかった子供たちは、言語の習得に著しい障害をきたすと報告されている。
言語習得能力同様に、幼少期における人間の認知機能の発達についても、これまで多くの学者により調査がおこなわれ、数多くの有力な学説が唱えられてきた。それらのなかでも、スイスの言語学者であり、心理学者でもあったジャン・ピアジェによって提唱された発生的認識論(Genetic epistemology)は、「人間の知識は全て構成されるもの」という構成主義(Constructivism)を、その論拠の礎にそなえ、発達は固体と環境の相互作用によるものであると論じた。この説では、幼少期の発達段階が四段階にわけて説明されている。第一段階(Period 1)は、誕生してから二歳になるまでの期間を示し、「感覚運動期」と呼ばれる。この時期の幼児は、まだ物を正しく認識する能力に欠いており、物体の普遍性を理解するに至らない。ゆえに、物体がベールなどで覆われてしまうと、それが実際に消えてしまったかのような反応を見せる。第二段階(Period 2)は、二歳から七歳までの期間を示し、「前操作期」と呼ばれる。この期間では、幼児は言葉を覚え始めると共に、「ごっこ遊び」のような記号的機能を持つようになる。他者の視点に立った物事の見方も出来るようになる。第三段階(Period 3)は、「具体的操作期」とされ、前期と比べて、より正確な物事の把握が可能となり、数や量を概念としてとらえることができ、合理的な判断ができるようになる。「形式的操作期」と呼ばれる、第四段階(Period 4)では、形式的・象徴的操作が可能になり、仮説的思考ができるようになる。このような段階を経て、人間は世界を少しずつ理解していく。
もしも、私たちが、常に、生まれたばかりの赤ん坊のような、言語習得力を保ち続けることができるのならば、言語の持つべき意味合いは、現在と比べ、大きく変わるだろう。人間がいかなる言語も覚えられる期間が、生まれてからのわずかな期間しか許されていないということからみて、私たちの言語習得能力は、多くの言語を扱うことよりも、一つの言語(特に母国語)を短期間に覚えようとすることに特化しているようにも思える。旧約聖書の逸話によれば、「バベルの塔」が建てられたころ、人間は皆同じ一つの言語を使っていたとされるが、これらの複雑な人間の言語習得の過程は、それらバベル期の名残を表しているようにも感じられるほど、不可思議なものである。
もしも、私たちが、常に、生まれたばかりの赤ん坊のような、言語習得力を保ち続けることができるのならば、言語の持つべき意味合いは、現在と比べ、大きく変わるだろう。人間がいかなる言語も覚えられる期間が、生まれてからのわずかな期間しか許されていないということからみて、私たちの言語習得能力は、多くの言語を扱うことよりも、一つの言語(特に母国語)を短期間に覚えようとすることに特化しているようにも思える。旧約聖書の逸話によれば、「バベルの塔」が建てられたころ、人間は皆同じ一つの言語を使っていたとされるが、これらの複雑な人間の言語習得の過程は、それらバベル期の名残を表しているようにも感じられるほど、不可思議なものである。
2017年9月14日木曜日
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6. Conclusion
This
investigation proved that the technique of the Sentimental Analysis can be a
new method of the evaluation for the various social issues in the near future.
There also were two main themes other than Sentimental Analysis in this paper.
One is the media influence on the public opinions. The other one is the
people's reactions towards the Syrian refugee crisis that has been discussed in
the western world ever since it happened. As for the media impact on the
people's emotion, the result that the media coverage does not affect the public
opinion so much was so surprising because the media has long been seen as the
most influential information source.
So many
possible reasons can be assumed for this public aversions to the big media. For
one thing, these days ordinary people tend to take what they think is good and
leave what they think is bad when it comes to choosing information sources.
Social
networking tools like Twitter and Facebook in which people can exchange their
opinions freely without any hesitations, the increase floods of unreliable and
provocative mini media and the distrust of the major news companies' honesty
have created the current strange social emotions. Inexplicable events like the
realization of Brexit or the Trump's winning for the Presidential election show
a glimpse of the upcoming new era where the exact future foresee becomes much
more difficult than it used to be. Though people nowadays are willing to
aggressively collect the information they are interested in, those actions
might lead them to a heavy concentration on the extremely biased opinion. What
is more, it is liable to raise the ancient populism which brought us many
conflicts in the past generations. "If you tell a lie big enough and keep
repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it (Dietrich, 2016)"
The famous proverb of Joseph Goebbels who was an ill-famed propagator of Nazi
somehow tells us that complicated entanglement of information might be
beneficial to the demagogues who want the society to be in chaos.
The
target of the warning is not limited to our humans. The other day, Microsoft
released an artificial intelligence chatterbot called "Tay". It used
Twitter to learn various knowledge from interaction with other users. However,
within few hours from its start, it became a vicious racist due to the
malicious interference from others (“Microsoft”, 2016). This incident
suggested that the AI system has many flaws in it. On the other hand, it is
quite certain that the machine learning techniques will make great progress
within next few decades. For example, the Sentimental Analysis will absorb
similar fields' methods like "voice sentimental recognition",
"facial expression analysis", "psychological sentimental
analysis" and things like that. Then the new sentimental analysis method
which might be called "Integrated Sentimental Analysis" will be
established in the near future. "Integrated Sentimental Analysis" can
be used for software like Apple's Siri to analyze humans' feelings more
accurately or it will be important technology for androids' humanization. It
seems that the day when the machines can dream of Electric Sheep may not far
away from now.
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