Levinas and the Unnamed Balaam on Ontology and Idolatry

IF 0.2 2区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
Annabel Herzog
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Abstract

Abstract Levinas establishes an intriguing connection between idolatry and ontology. This connection is aptly illustrated by the biblical character of Balaam, the ambiguous Mesopotamian prophet or sorcerer of Numbers 22–24, who is almost never mentioned in Levinas’s work but who is present, albeit hidden, in the talmudic reading “Contempt for the Torah as Idolatry.” A deconstruction of this talmudic reading uncovers Balaam’s footprints. It also clarifies different meanings of idolatry—exposing its ontological violence, but also, perhaps, its necessity for ethics and law.
列维纳斯与无名巴兰论本体与偶像崇拜
列维纳斯在偶像崇拜和本体论之间建立了一个有趣的联系。这种联系被巴兰的圣经人物恰当地说明了,巴兰是民数记22-24中含糊不清的美索不达米亚先知或巫师,他几乎从未在列维那的作品中被提及,但在塔木德的阅读中,他是存在的,尽管是隐藏的,“对托拉的蔑视是偶像崇拜。”对塔木德解读的解构揭示了巴兰的足迹。它也澄清了偶像崇拜的不同含义——揭示了它的本体论暴力,但也可能是它对伦理和法律的必要性。
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