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In the face of all the debates and prohibitions on images,
面對各種關(guān)于圖像的爭論和封禁
Islamic calligraphy evolved to
伊斯蘭書法逐漸演化
redefine what an image of God could be.
重新定義了神的形象
No single religion has ever managed completely to resolve
沒有任何一種宗教曾完全解決
the tension between word and image,
文字與圖像之間的矛盾
but there are some moments when it might just seem possible.
但有些時候 這似乎是可能的
These wonderfully appealing images were made over 500 years ago
這些驚艷的圖案繪于五百多年前
and they're from the pages of a Jewish Bible.
出自一本猶太圣經(jīng)
What's so remarkable is that they dance around a text
引人注目的是 被它們環(huán)繞的段落
that is dense with warnings about idols and images.
寫滿了對神像和圖案的警告
And, yet, they flout them in the most charming and beautiful way.
然而 它們以最美麗迷人的方式無視了它們
I've got this extraordinary book
我把這本非凡的書
open on the page of the second commandment,
翻到了第二戒律
the one that prohibits idols.
這里說要禁止神像
Now, there have been centuries of debate and disagreement
關(guān)于這禁令意義的爭論
about what that prohibition actually meant.
已經(jīng)持續(xù)了幾個世紀(jì)
But, in this case,
不過 在這種情況下
unless there's an appallingly flagrant contradiction going on,
除非矛盾明顯激化
it is not taken to forbid a quite extravagant set of images,
這些奢華的圖像是不會被禁的
even on the same opening as the second commandment,
甚至在第二戒律的同一頁面
you get these two little chaps, little big bums there.
你也能看到這樣兩個光著屁股的小伙子
And, throughout the book, you find really lavish pictures.
在整本書里你都能看見華麗的圖畫
Here is a full page of the menorah.
這里畫著一整頁的光明節(jié)燈臺
And the rather lovely narrative scenes,
還有頗為美麗的敘事場景
like Jonah and his encounter with the whale.
比如約拿和鯨魚的故事
But what makes the Bible so precious
不過 讓這本圣經(jīng)如此珍貴的原因
is that it's a testament
是因為它見證了
to a brief but extraordinary moment in Spanish history
西班牙一段短暫卻非凡的歷史
when Muslim, Christian, and Jewish traditions came together
那時 穆斯林 基督徒和猶太教徒的信仰
in a really productive and imaginative way.
以一種創(chuàng)新而有效的方式融合到了一起
