理解《古蘭經》的耶穌：伊斯蘭－基督宗教對話之起點

Understanding the Qur’anic Jesus: A Starting Point of Dialogue between Islam and Christianity

伊斯蘭建立至今已有十四個世紀之久，其間與基督宗教的關係錯綜複雜。這兩個宗教的信仰者社群在過去的時空裡有過交流與衝突，至今仍因為政治、經濟利益與宗教本位主義所致，而衝突不斷。近幾十年來，為了世界和平，不少基督教徒與穆斯林皆積極推動宗教文化與文明的對話；然而，對話機制的建構當以相互理解、包容為基礎。猶太教、基督宗教、伊斯蘭皆源自亞伯拉罕的Hanīfism，但教義差異相當大，若要和諧，則必須找出一個對話進行的起點。耶穌基督一直為穆斯林所敬重，其在一神信仰發展的角色當可作為跨基督宗教與伊斯蘭之對話的模式，因此本論文整理了相關的《古蘭經》經文，試圖以《古蘭經》中對耶穌本質的描述提出一個對話的基準點，以作為彼此對話的參考。

Islam was established in the 7th century. During the past 14 centuries the relations between Islamic world and Christian West have been developed into complicity; there existed communications and conflicts between communities of the two faiths, and even until present days the clashes are still going on. For the sake of world peace, many Muslims and Christians have devoted to the active inter-religious or inter-civilizational dialogues; nevertheless, dialogues must be conducted with the attitudes of tolerance and mutual understandings. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all originated from the Hanīfism of Abraham, but developed into different traditions and teachings respectively. For the harmony and peace of human societies, a starting point of dialogue that is acknowledged by all the believers should be set up. Jesus Christ has been venerated by Muslims because of his important and special status described in the Quran, and he could be regarded as an inter-religious dialogue model. This essay thus attempts to analyze the Qur’anic verses about Jesus Christ in order to bring out a genuine description as reference to the Muslim-Christian dialogue.