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An Introduction to Judaism and Christianity as Contextually Relevant to the Bible 全球化是一个技术的、经济的，同时也是文化的融合过程，中西文化的交流和沟通是其中的一个重要主题。 其间，对异质文化的了解，无论对于世界和平，还是对于本民族文化的再认识，乃至个人修养素质的提高都是十分必要的功课。犹太教与基督教先后均发端于欧亚交汇地区，后者对前者有继承，有扬弃，有偏离甚至颠覆。脱胎于犹太教的基督教西渐欧陆，与古西腊文明一道构成了欧洲文明传统的重要基石，对西方文明的影响普遍而深远。 本课程利用权威的英文教材和专著、国际互联网及其他相关的英文数据库所提供的图文资料整理和简化成讲义材料，用英语为主，中文为注为辅的形式进行讲解，同时鼓励修课者大胆提问，并布置一定的重要概念术语让修课者在课外查阅，训练其信息检索和积极思维的能力。本课程所设想的效果将使学生在西方国家学习、生活或与西方人交流的环境中除了具备一般的英语语言和风俗习惯知识外，还对其主流文化的内核有一定的把握，进而具备跨文化交流的身份感、方向感和判断力。 Lecture One：Key Words To Begin With ? I．Questions to ask before you take the course ? 1．What do you want to get from this course ? ( Satisfaction of curiosity, more extensive knowledge of the English language and its cultural aspect, something important to your spiritual life. ) What is your interpretation of such things as Judaism, Jews, Christianity, and Christians ? What is your opinion on religion ? (Believer, non-believer, or undetermined) II. Basic concepts concerning religions △宗教 religion ~ World Religions: Past and Present P14-15; “宗”sectarian or denominational 有神论 ( theism, deism ) Monotheistic，scriptural (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). The Universe Next Door P43 …theism assumes that we can know something about God from nature. But it also holds that there is much more to know than can be known that way and that there are other ways to come to know. “The 17th –century doctrine of the necessity of reason was slowly giving way to a belief in the sufficiency of reason.” Deism thus sees God only in “Nature” by which was meant the system of the universe.( Peter Medawar ) △ 无神论 ( atheism ) materialism or naturalism ? 不可知论 ( agnosticism ) 虚无主义（nihilism） △ 崇拜 sects and cults ~ World Religions: Past and Present P246-267,P249-251 △ 超越 transcendence ( transcend: to go or be above or beyond a limit, something within limits, etc. ) △ 内在 immanence（ existing or remaining within ） △ 启示真理 revelation ( a manifestation of divine will or tru