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"Uncorruptible Body of Christ" in Syro-Armenian Christological Controversies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K19952
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0101:Philosophy, art, and related fields
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Hamada Karen  東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 准教授 (70964469)

Project Period (FY) 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords東方キリスト教 / キリスト教神学 / キリスト論 / シリア語 / アルメニア語 / アルメニア教会 / シリア正教会 / 非カルケドン派
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、シリア・アルメニア教会間の「キリストの肉体の不朽性」をめぐる議論を分析対象とする。6世紀のアンティオキアのセベロスとハリカルナッソスのユリアノスの論争以来、「キリストの肉体が腐敗しうるか」という問いについて、非カルケドン派の間で見解が分かれてきた。シリア正教会は、キリストの「復活後の」肉体は不朽であったとするセベロスの立場を正統とするのに対し、アルメニア教会は「復活後の」という留保なしでキリストの肉体の不朽性を教義として奉じる。本研究は、「キリストの肉体の不朽性」の教義のアルメニア教会における成立過程を明らかにするとともに、これをめぐるシリア・アルメニア間の論争の歴史的展開を追う。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project I have investigated the debate between the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church over the 'incorruptibility of the body of Christ', which has been an issue among the non-Chalcedonian (miaphysite) Christians since the 6th century. Especially I have analyzed the process of formation and development of the doctrine of the incorruptibility in the Armenian theological tradition.
It has been a widely accepted theory that the Armenian Church supported the view of Julian of Halikarnassus, who was considered heretical by the Syriac Orthodox Church. However, my research proposes a hypothesis that the Armenian Church developed their doctrine, which insists that the body of Christ was incorruptible even before the resurrection, based on the Christological view of Philoxenos of Mabbug, one of the most notable Syriac theologians in the 6th century, whose writings were translated into Armenian and used as a source for refutation against Chalcedonians.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、ごく限られた時代のごく限られた地域に生きたキリスト教徒が「キリストの肉体が腐敗しうるかどうか」という問いに取り組んだ過程に光を当てたものである。現代を生きる我々の目には、無意味かつ非生産的な問いに見えるが、「人間となった神」たるキリストの「肉体」の在り方を徹底的に追求する姿勢の背景には、「肉体」を「人間を人間たらしめるもの」として定義し、そしてその肉体をもったまま神に近づかんとする意志が潜んでいる。人間はあくまで「肉体」をもって完成されるべきという強い願いは、技術の発達により人間が「肉体」を伴うことがもはや自明ではなくなりつつある現代社会においても重要な示唆を与えうる。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Yvette Tajarian/Mesrop Mashtots Institute(アルメニア)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Greta Gasparyan/Mesrop Mashtots Institute(アルメニア)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 聖セルギウスから聖サルキスへ:一二世紀アルメニアにおける『聖サルキス殉教伝』の成立2024

    • Author(s)
      浜田華練
    • Journal Title

      エイコーン

      Volume: 52 Pages: 8-25

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An Armenian Manuscript in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Karen Hamada
    • Journal Title

      Arevelaasiakan gitut'yunner (Eastern Asian Studies)

      Volume: 5 Pages: 58-63

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] From Hamadan to Osaka, via New York: The Armenian Manuscript from Nakanishi Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology2024

    • Author(s)
      HAMADA Karen, TAJARIAN Yvette
    • Organizer
      Manuscripts Crossing Borders: Transcription, Translation, and Transference of Manuscripts in/beyond the Caucasus
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 12世紀ビザンツ・アルメニア間教会合同交渉とシリア正教会:ネルセス4世カトリ コスとミカエル総主教の書簡から2024

    • Author(s)
      浜田華練
    • Organizer
      第21回日本ビザンツ学会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ロシア修道文学における「シリアのイサアク」の影響 ― “мир”概念に着目して2023

    • Author(s)
      浜田華練
    • Organizer
      第23回東方キリスト教学会年次大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] セルギウスから聖サルキスへー12 世紀アルメニア教会における聖人伝の受容2022

    • Author(s)
      浜田華練
    • Organizer
      第22回東方キリスト教学会大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] An Armenian Manuscript in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Karen Hamada
    • Organizer
      International conference “Armenia-Japan: Past, Present and Perspectives of Future”
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Syriac Hagiographies ‘Translated’ by Nerses Shnorhali: Syro-Armenian Cultural Interactions and Development of Armenian Literature in the 12th Century2022

    • Author(s)
      Karen Hamada
    • Organizer
      XIIIe Symposium Syriacum et XIe Congres d'etudes arabes chretiennes
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] "Old Issues in the New Regime: The Revival of Religious Controversies Between Byzantines and Armenians after the Fall of the Bagratid Kingdom" in Emilio Bonfiglio and Claudia Rapp (eds.), Armenia and Byzantium without Borders: Mobility, Interactions, Responses2023

    • Author(s)
      Claudia Rapp, Emilio Bonfiglio, Bernard Coulie, Robin Meyer, Theo Maarten van Lint, Emmanuel van Elverdinghe, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, David Zakarian, Mark Roosien, Karen Hamada, Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt and Gert Boersema, Werner Seibt
    • Total Pages
      344
    • Publisher
      Brill
    • ISBN
      9789004679313
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 東方キリスト教の世界(ちくま学芸文庫)2022

    • Author(s)
      森安達也、浜田華練(文庫版解説)
    • Total Pages
      416
    • Publisher
      筑摩書房
    • ISBN
      9784480511409
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Manuscript Crossing Borders: Transcription, Translation and Transferecne of Manuscriptis in/beyond the Caucasus2024

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2022-09-01   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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