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Kenzo Tagawa

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Tagawa Kenzo

別名: 田川 健三

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1935-00-00 （Tokyo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
宗教
Christian (self-described 'Christian who does not believe in God')
居住地歴
Tokyo, Japan → Strasbourg, France → Göttingen, Germany → Kinshasa (then Zaire) → Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

経歴

職業
New Testament scholar, Author, University professor
活動期間
1958年〜
所属
International Christian University, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, National University of Zaire (now in Democratic Republic of the Congo), University of Strasbourg, Osaka Jogakuin University (Professor Emeritus)
影響を受けた人物
Étienne Trocmé, Rudolf Bultmann

学歴

University of Tokyo
Department of Religious Studies (History of Religions) / Religious Studies / History of Religions
学位: 学士（宗教学）
期間: 〜1958年
卒業年: 1958
国: Japan
University of Strasbourg
Faculty of Theology / New Testament Studies
学位: 博士（宗教学）
期間: 博士課程在学（留学を含む）〜1965年
卒業年: 1965
国: France
Studied under Étienne Trocmé

受賞歴

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2017
対象作品: New Testament: Translation and Commentary (7 vols, 8 books)
主催: Mainichi Newspapers
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

New Testament: Translation and Commentary (7 vols, 8 books)

2007年 Biblical commentary / Religious studies

A complete translation and annotation of the New Testament based on textual criticism. The multi-volume series offers detailed exegesis of the Gospels and epistles, discussing historical background and textual variants.

Biblical interpretationTextual criticismHistorical Jesus researchCritique of religion

Jesus the Man: Life and Death of a Paradoxical Rebel

1980年 Scholarly study / Critique

A re-examination of the historical Jesus as a human figure, avoiding mythologizing and analyzing his life and death from social and textual perspectives.

Historical JesusCritique of religionTextual scholarship

The New Testament as a Book

1997年 Scholarly monograph

An essay proposing to read the New Testament not merely as a religious text but as a book, examining its literary and compositional aspects.

Textual criticismLiterarinessHistorical analysis

What Is Religion

1984年 Introductory / Critical study

An introductory critical study on the nature and function of religion; later expanded and revised.

Critique of religionIntellectual historyContemporary critique

On the Dangers of Thought: The Trajectory of Takashi Yoshimoto

1987年 Critical essay / Literary criticism

A critical examination of Takashi Yoshimoto's thought, tracing his trajectory from the perspective of intellectual history.

Critical thoughtIntellectual history

全著作

  • The Center of Time [Luke]: Studies in Luke's Theology (translator of Hans Conzelmann, 1965)
  • Acts and History (translator of Étienne Trocmé, 1969)
  • Introduction to New Testament Theology (translator of Hans Conzelmann, 1974)
  • An Aspect of Early Christian History: The Formation of Gospel Literature (1968)
  • Formation of the Critical Subject: Contemporary Tasks of Critiquing Christianity (1971)
  • Standing Thought: Essays (1972)
  • Commentary on the Gospel of Mark (1972; revised and expanded 1997)
  • Jesus the Man: Life and Death of a Paradoxical Rebel (1980)
  • What Is Religion (1984; expanded editions)
  • On the Dangers of Thought: The Trajectory of Takashi Yoshimoto (1987)
  • The New Testament as a Book (1997)
  • Invitation to Christian Thought (2004)
  • New Testament: Translation and Commentary (7 vols, 2007–2017)

作家による翻訳

  • The Center of Time [Luke]: Studies in Luke's Theology (translated from Hans Conzelmann)
  • Acts and History (translated from Étienne Trocmé)
  • Introduction to New Testament Theology (translated from Hans Conzelmann, co-translator)
  • William Tyndale: A Biography (translated from David Daniell)

作風・主題

文体
Clear academic commentary styleCritical and polemical
頻出モチーフ
Critique of religionTextual-critical analysisReconstruction of the historical Jesus

評価・遺産

Kenzo Tagawa has had a major impact on Japanese New Testament studies through his textual-critical approach and detailed translations and commentaries. Known also for his critiques of religion and contemporary society, he influenced students and readers through teaching and writing. He received the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award in 2017.

引用

  • I am a 'Christian who does not believe in God.'
    出典: Long interview in 'Kangaeruhito' special issue 'Reading the Bible for the First Time' (interviewer: Yutaka Yukawa) (2010年)
  • The Greek of the Bible hides behind church interpretation; in a sense I have 'destroyed' the Bible.
    出典: Statements in various writings and interviews

豆知識

  • His name is often misspelled as '田川 健三' (different kanji).
  • In 1970 he was expelled from International Christian University after a chapel sermon stating 'God does not exist' (the so-called 'rebel lecturer' incident).
  • In 2017 he received the 71st Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for 'New Testament: Translation and Commentary'.