A (Hi)story of Language and Being in the Bible - An Interpretation Based on Heidegger and Dürckheim (2nd Ed.)

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by  Antón Bousquet

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Antón Bousquet is an independent researcher special- t
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religion, and comparative cultural studies. He holds a B
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Master’s degree in Linguistics from the University of
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Grenoble III in France and a Ph.D. in Comparative Lit-
erature and Intercultural Studies from Fujen Catholic
University in Taiwan. A former teacher of French as a
foreign language, he has worked in different parts of Eu-
rope, the Middle-East, and Asia.
Antón Bousquet
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guisMhianng’s hlainmg ufraogme c ethrtea iontlhye irs corneea toufr tehs er omaomsti nimg pthoer teaanrtt ehl.e Amcecnotrsd dinisgti nto- A
n
Martin Heidegger, it is the “House of Being,” man’s home and what shapes
t
ó
his own nature. This metaphor is the starting point of the present work, n
which aims at telling the (hi)story of the relationship between man’s lan- B A (Hi)story of
o
guage and his being, using the biblical narrative as a roadmap giving us a u
s
vision of the origin of language, of its evolution, and of its end. The biblical q
u
narrative here serves as a source for the creation of a “meta-narrative,” that e
t
ighbosufeo, cawtaBoog nnmeat:ehsg eewtuehsd e eH naso a(oanvhrtui ri lt)saBlhasetaetig vob oederef e y clt;Bs oh ochmeafroi tinmp pwdgota ei tsonpchen’oisdec m r toioesnffe lfttas erhs troctieeooda dmn tu tbsbeceehyrtt iiea boptdphun wheih lyo itoBtsf.hu iilcIb sittatel heelds re, w eaf thsochocolyrilrsul oidr bswma eeodi esnpoi tcgfehaa n -boltnleehwyadie n rt trurgchaapo.i tnsn ibvs fhfyeuo ostlruaiemonlslness- A Langiuna tghee aBnibdl eBeing
(
their dwellers’ relation to their own temporality, and how the learning of H
i
a foreign language, which comes as a consequence of the Babylonian cap- )
s
tivity, offers man the opportunity to appropriate a foreign house and leads t
o
r
him to a homecoming that unveils the nature of his home. Following the y
Pentecost, the village formed by all the houses becomes a city, as men be- o
f
gin to translate the scriptures into every language, that is, as exchanges L An Interpretation Based on Heidegger and Dürckheim
a
occur between all the houses. Finally, the end of language and its relation n
g
with man’s destiny is examined, in relation to the last days. u
a Second Edition
g
Rooted in the philosophy of Heidegger and the spirituality of Karfried
e
graf von Dürckheim, this work proposes a new vision of the nature of lan- a
n
guage and of its role in man’s destiny, one that uses the Bible as a guide but d
that is nonetheless not bound by its horizon. B
e
i
n
g
About the author: i
n
Antón Bousquet is an independent researcher special- t
h
ized in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of e
religion, and comparative cultural studies. He holds a B
i
b
Master’s degree in Linguistics from the University of
l
e
Grenoble III in France and a Ph.D. in Comparative Lit-
erature and Intercultural Studies from Fujen Catholic
University in Taiwan. A former teacher of French as a
foreign language, he has worked in different parts of Eu-
rope, the Middle-East, and Asia.
Antón Bousquet
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A (Hi)story of Language and
Being in the Bible
An Interpretation Based on Heidegger and Dürckheim
Second Edition
Antón Bousquet
2018
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Other books by the author:
The Man in the House of Being – A Story of Language
and Being in the Bible
The World of the Gauls – Foundation(s) of a Celtic
Philosophy
Between the Twilights – An Interlinear Translation of
the Syriac Orthodox Breviary
The Sky Beyond the Walls – A Chinese Philosophy of
the Way
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Acknowledgment
My deepest gratitude goes to Dr. Christine Hsiu-Chin Chou,
whose kindness, patience, and rigor guided me during the years I
spent in the Ph.D. program of Comparative Literature and Cross-
cultural Studies of Fujen Catholic University. The completion of
thepresentwork,baseduponmydissertation,wouldnothavebeen
possible without her. I am also extremely thankful to Ms. Lisa
Lin, Ms. Adeline Ou, and Ms. Gu Yushan for their assistance.
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgment
Table of Contents
Table of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction i
1 The way to the meta-narrative 1
1.1 The path of poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 The need for a world close to earth and the experi-
ence of man’s essential being . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 Bringing back the world to the earth: from meta-
phor to meta-narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.4 The first ek-stasis: bringing the world to the world 27
1.4.1 Lethe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.4.2 Emergence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1.4.3 The ek-stasis event and a-letheia . . . . . . 36
1.5 Tradition as a path toward essential being. . . . . 45
1.6 The nature of the biblical tradition . . . . . . . . . 47