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Daily Archives: March 7, 2020
聖經難題:「少了一日」, 可能嗎?
By Tin-chee Lo (盧天賜); March 7, 2020 在聖經的救贖史中, 有以下的記載:「12當耶和華將亞摩利人交付以色列人的日子、約書亞就禱告耶和華、在以色列人眼前說、日頭阿、你要停在基遍.月亮阿、你要止在亞雅崙谷。13於是日頭停留、月亮止住、直等國民向敵人報仇.這事豈不是寫在雅煞珥書上麼.日頭在天當中停住、不急速下落、約有一日之久。14在這日以前、這日以後、耶和華聽人的禱告、沒有像這日的.是因耶和華為以色列爭戰。」(書10:12-14) 對一位科學家和工程師來説, 這是一個非常困難的問題。在人類歷史中,真的有「日頭停留、月亮止住」的事件發生過嗎?我堅信科學與聖經毫無衝突。伽利略曾説: 「神給人類两本書, 一本是《聖經》, 另一本是《大自然》。」如果兩本書都是出于一個源頭,他們是一定不會矛盾的。如果有矛盾的地方, 一定是解經有誤,或是科學理論不正確。科學之存在乃基于自然律的存在。有自然律就必定有一位自然律的賜予者。所以科學源于上帝。在這個引言之下,我們如何去理解這段經文? 從眾解經書中,筆者歸納成三個解釋此經段的的可能性。但沒有一個解釋能有很強的説服力。那麼,在堅守「聖經絶無錯誤 (Bible inerrancy)」和「聖經不能有誤 (Bible infallibility)」的大前提下,那麼我們如何去處理這段經文呢?首先我們從現有的解釋去比較它們所能提供的「解釋能力(explanation power)」,看看那一個比較強。 第一個解釋是:太陽和月亮真的停止了它們的正常軌跡。 第二個解釋是:約書亞的禱告是用當時迦南人的占星術的術語説出來。 第三個解釋是:這禱告是詩意的描述。 第二個解釋是不可能。因為約書亞從起初 (過紅海,探察迦南地) 直至進入迦南 (過約旦河,攻打耶和哥和别的戰役), 都是一致地效忠耶和華。也是因為他的忠心被摩西選為接班人。所以他不可能會用異教徒的方法禱告。 第三個解釋也有可能性,聖經的確有很多地方是以詩歌體裁去表達。特別是經文中提到「雅煞珥書 (book of Jashar)」, 它是一本希伯來聖經提到的一本「偽經(apocryphal book)」, 是以史詩 (epic) 形式寫成。詩歌中出現的這一件事, 是被解釋為對長期戰鬥的詩意描述。Jashar 在聖經中出現兩次,另一處是在 … Continue reading
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