ABSTRACT Just as sports scholars have long been frustrated by the relative paucity of philosophical writing about sports in the classical tradition, biblical scholars have been surprised by the persistent use of sports and athletic competition to frame arguments and justify action in early Christian writings, particularly those of St. Paul. Biblical scholars have had difficulty explaining the constant sports references in Paul. At the same time, they have recognized the reliance of Paul and other early Christian authors on the Aristotelian understanding of rhetoric and persuasion. As Aristotle’s most famous reference to sports is in his Art of Rhetoric, a reference that places sports within a particular type of public discourse, it would seem worthwhile to explore classical notions of sport and public discourse as found in Plato, Aristotle, and Paul.

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从柏拉图到圣保罗：古代体育作为表演性公共话语

摘要正如体育学者长期以来对古典传统中关于体育的哲学著作的匮乏感到沮丧一样，圣经学者对持续使用体育和体育竞赛来构架论点和为早期基督教著作中的行动辩护感到惊讶圣保罗。圣经学者很难解释保罗一贯的体育参考。同时，他们已经认识到保罗和其他早期基督教作者对亚里士多德对修辞和说服力的理解的依赖。亚里士多德最著名的体育参考是《修辞学》，该参考将体育置于特定类型的公共话语中，因此，探索在亚里士多德柏拉图中发现的关于体育和公共话语的经典概念似乎是值得的。