从认知视角研究《圣经》隐喻

论文摘要

圣经是人类文明史的一个奇迹,旧约和新约的合一前后经历了1500多年的历史,至今已经有近3500年的历史。对基督徒来说,圣经是基督教的信仰经典,是上帝子民蒙恩得救的途径,因上帝藉着圣经向人宣扬得救的信息：圣经也是文学巨匠们创造的源泉。对于圣经的语言艺术,历来许多的神学家和语言学家从修辞的视角,诸如隐喻、比喻、转喻来对其研究,试图理解圣经的奥秘,这仍然局限在语言的修辞层面上。在概念隐喻盛行的今天,我们认为圣经中丰富的隐喻,不仅仅是语言运用的极致,更是人们思维具有隐喻性的真实体现。圣经运用隐喻来启示关乎上帝的属灵真理,是完全符合人的认知模式的。本文从认知视角,应用当代概念隐喻理论对圣经隐喻进行归类,总结其特征,并具体分析一些复杂隐喻形式来检验这些理论的解释力,同时印证人类思维的隐喻性和隐喻思维的普遍性。本文研究发现圣经隐喻具有独特之处：丰富常见的事物为源域,抽象的教义真理为目的域；隐喻的互文性；复杂的隐喻故事。同时也发现概念隐喻对复杂隐喻的阐释力不如概念整合理论强大,概念整合对较复杂的圣经隐喻故事的阐释力不如关联复合模式强大。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Background of the Study
• 1.2 Significance of the Study
• 1.3 Organization of the Study
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Traditional Studies on Metaphor
• 2.1.1 Definition of Metaphor
• 2.1.2 Historical Development of Classical Tradition
• 2.2 Contemporary Theories of Metaphor
• 2.3 Western Studies on Biblical Metaphor
• 2.3.1 Traditional Theologian View
• 2.3.2 Contemporary Cognitive Views on Biblical Metaphor
• 2.4 Chinese Studies on Biblical Metaphors
• 2.4.1 Metaphor Studies in China
• 2.4.2 Biblical Metaphors Studies in China
• 2.5 Summary
• Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation
• 3.1 Cognitive Metaphor Theories
• 3.1.1 Interaction Theory
• 3.1.2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
• 3.1.3 Conceptual Blending Theory
• 3.1.4 Relevancc Blending Mode
• 3.2 Characteristics of Metaphor from a Cognitive Perspective
• 3.2.1 The Ubiquity of Metaphor
• 3.2.2 The Conceptual Nature of Metaphor
• 3.2.3 The Systematicity of Metaphor
• 3.3 Classification of Metaphors
• 3.3.1 The Ontological Metaphor
• 3.3.2 The Structural Metaphor
• 3.3.3 The Orientational Metaphor
• Chapter Four The Scope and Classifications of Biblical Metaphors
• 4.1 The Selection of Corpus
• 4.2 The Scope of Biblical Metaphor
• 4.3 Classifications of Biblical Metaphor
• 4.3.1 Word-Sentence Pattern of Biblical Metaphors
• 4.3.2 Discourse Metaphors
• 4.4 The Characteristics of Biblical Metaphors
• 4.4.1 The Common Source Domains Covering Ample God's Creations
• 4.4.2 The Intertextuality of Biblical Metaphors
• Chapter Five Cognitive Study on Biblical Metaphors
• 5.1. The Light and Salt metaphor
• 5.1.1 Background Information
• 5.1.2 Analysis from a CMT Perspective
• 5.1.3 Analysis from a CBT Perspective
• 5.2 Kingdom of God Metaphor
• 5.2.1 The Mustard Metaphor from CMT Perspective
• 5.2.2 The Mustard Metaphor form RBT Perspective
• Chapter Six Conclusion
• 6.1 Summary of the Study
• 6.2 Limitations of the Study
• 6.3 Suggestions for the Future study
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements