![]() ![]() The essence of this universal human World-picture based on the World-picture of the New Testament is the restoration of human existence to its right position within the holy existence of its creator, or as Zha puts it, "based on the logic of the Creator's existence, whose relationship with humanity is.Keywords: canon jing sutra classic decanonization postcolonialism literary criticism For Zha, the New Testament in fact symbolizes, or rather is a type of, this universal World-picture thus envisioned by the author further, this ideal, according to Zha, is nothing other than Augustine's City of God. Zha's aim in constructing a "sacred logic" as a universal principle to illuminate human history by means of theological argument, and to comprehend human existence within the holy existence of an infinite God, is to show what an intact universal human logic looks like, that is, to pursue the question of an "intended state of 'World-picture,' or what this world should look like from a(n outer world) perspective that contains the ideal dimensions of this world" (9). In Zha's view, the Bible is a holy text which contains ultimate truth and revelation, leading him to conclude that the World-picture logic contained within it supports not only the Bible itself but can by extension provide a foundation for a universal World-picture logic. The four aspects of history-logic are interconnected: the logic of time is the point of origin for history itself the logic of justice guides history towards its justified end the logic of faith directs history toward its ultimate significance while the logic of language offers it expression. His ultimate questions thus concern human origin, belonging, and destiny. In other words, Zha proceeds from biblical logic to the logic of human existence and development. The author's intention in moving from history to World-picture to "universal human logic" is to develop the latter in light of the former two logics. ![]() By examining the New Testament's inner logic, the author aims to draw what he calls a "World-picture of the New Testament." As the first volume in the series, The History-Logic of the New Testament unfolds the meaning and significance of the notion of "history-logic." While history-logic comprises the logic of language, time, faith, and justice, "World-picture logic" expands this to include logic of the mind and of society. Zha's larger project, after uncovering the history-logic of the New Testament and from this constructing the "World-picture of the New Testament," is designed to develop a "universal human textual logic" based on theological analysis. One by one, the author unpacks each through careful analysis, building a convincing case for the "Logic of the World-picture of the New Testament," an ambitious undertaking in a field of study hitherto virtually ignored in Chinese academic research. Zha examines four aspects within the wider concept of history-logic: language, time, faith, and justice, which together form the concrete content of the New Testament. The author introduces the concept of "history-logic," which appears in some of his other writings and is defined here as the central logical construct undergirding New Testament textual logic. ![]() The History-Logic of the New Testament is the introductory volume in Zha's series Introduction to the Logic of the World-Picture of the New Testament. With a background in languages and translation work, Zha is based at Sichuan University's Institute of Religious Studies, one of the first institutes of its kind established in the People's Republic after 1979, where, in addition to offering courses on Christian culture, he teaches Greek and Hebrew. Zha Changping 查常平, born in Chongqing on the eve of China's Cultural Revolution, is an art critic, biblical scholar, and founding editor-in-chief of the journal Humanities and Art 人文艺术. ![]()
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