구약의 문화에 대한 선교적 고찰

• 영문명: Missionary Inquiry into the Culture in the Old Testament
• 발행기관: 한국선교신학회
• 저자명: 안희열(Ahn, Heui-Yeol)
• 간행물 정보: 『선교신학』제8집, 1~13쪽, 전체 13쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기독교신학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.04.30

영문 초록

The purpose of this article is to see how and to what extent God used the cultural environment of the Old Testament writers as they contributed to the inspired record. Out of lots of cultures in the Old Testament, only Genesis account of creation, polygyny, and kingship found in Jewish society will be deeply discussed in this paper. Nevertheless, these cultures were already prevalent among ancient pagan peoples. This article is going to deal with how to missiologically understand the similarities and parallels between two different cultures. In fact, the significance of culture in the propagation of the Gospel has been extensively recognized. Provided that cultural values are disregarded, the expansion of the kingdom of God can be severely withered. Even though culture is not a core subject of the Old Testament, biblical studies have clarified that human cultures have played an important part in biblical history. People can learn from the Scriptures neither to overemphasize nor underestimate the importance of culture. The fact that culture holds a meaningful place in the Bible implies the worth as well as therestriction of culture in the duty of global mission. Culture is a plan, map, or blueprint for living that is always in the process of formation. It is a code for action, for survival, and for success in life. Culture is fundamentally a social phenomenon and can be conceived in the individual through encounters with other members of society. Furthermore, culture, with all its values and limitations, has played an outstanding role in divine revelation in human history. God's inspiration did not come in cultural vacuum. Divine disclosure did not despise culture but accepted it to the extent that it could be employed as the vehicle of divine revelation. In order to discover the influence of culture in the Old Testament on mission, the first chapter examines the Genesis account of creation paralleling ancient Near Eastern creation cosmogonies and appraises the creation account in Genesis 1 from a missiological viewpoint. The second chapter researches polygyny from a missiological perspective. Assuming that monogamy is God's concept, this article discusses why polygyny was practiced in ancient Israel and why the Old Testament does not blame it. The third chapter studies the idea of kingship in Israel and tries to reveal missionary meaning this social institution indicates. Because the Bible implies that the monarchy in Israel was borrowed from Israel's neighbors, this paper debates to what extent kingship in Israel possesses missionary values to evangelize the unchurched pagans. This writer makes sure that God did indeed speak in the context and employed factors of the content of the surrounding cultures in order to deliver his message to his ancient people, and to us. Also, this writer wants to say that God worked some degree in other peoples and cultures apart from his work in the Jewish community. It is clear enough that God did not reject the culture of pagans unqualifiedly and hoped to apply their culture to the mission of the church effectively to extend the kingdom of God. To accurately understand culture and to approach it from a biblical standpoint make the fruits of mission abundant.

목차

Ⅰ. 창조기사에 대한 선교적 평가

Ⅱ. 일부다처제가 주는 선교적 과제

Ⅲ. 왕권제도가 지니는 선교적 가치

키워드

문화흡인 문화배출 상황화 pull of culture press of culture contextualization