初探奧利金的寓意釋經法在當代耶佛間跨宗教經典詮釋中的適用性=Exploring the Applicability of Origen's Allegorical Interpretation of Scripture in Christian-Buddhist Interreligious Scriptural Hermeneutics
In the field of Christian-Buddhist dialogue, there is still little discussion on the methodology of Christian-Buddhist interreligious scriptural hermeneutics. This article attempts to explore the potential usefulness and insights offered by Origen's allegorical interpretation of scripture for contemporary Christian-Buddhist interreligious scriptural hermeneutics. The first part of this article focuses on Origen's theoretical exposition of allegorical interpretation as seen in On First Principles. Additionally, passages from the works On First Principles and Against Celsus demonstrate that Origen makes use of allegorical interpretation in order to propose his apologetics in a multi-religious situation, which means that his allegorical interpretation is, in a sense, interreligious. This point can be further elaborated, so as to reveal how Origen's allegorical interpretation may inspire Christian-Buddhist interreligious scriptural hermeneutics. Through referring to John Keenan's and Perry Schmidt-Leukel's recent works, the second part of the article explains how their Christian-Buddhist interreligious scriptural hermeneutics reflect the method of allegorical interpretation, so as to analyze the applicability of allegorical interpretation in Christian-Buddhist interreligious scriptural hermeneutics. Allegorical interpretation not only legitimizes Buddhist interpretation of Christian scriptures, but also provides spiritual and intellectual interpretation of religious scriptures, thus enriching Christian scriptural hermeneutics, and enhancing the spiritual life of the exegete. In addition, the method can avoid ""literalist"" tendencies among different religions, thus fostering constructive interreligious dialogue. The article also points several limitations concerning the applicability of Origen's allegorical interpretation.
