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發表於 2005-6-30 06:52 AM
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Response to Q 2,3, and 4.
Question #2 Regarding the serpent eating dust in Genesis 3: 14-15
The Hebrew word ‘dust’ (abaq, apar in transliteration) is used literally and in similes to express: poverty, smallness and abasement. The culture of the Jewish people in the Old Testament would put ash/dust on the head as a sign of sorrow and sadness. As a matter of fact, Jewish still practice this today in their culture. This word ‘dust’ is not to be taken as real dust.
Question#3 Regarding the bat as a bird in Leviticus 11:13 and Deutornomy 14:11
Here the identification of the species listed may present a problem, but here ‘birds’ means birds of prey or eaters of carrion. In the classification of the Arabs, the bat is classed as a bird. We have to remember the Arabs and Israelites were in the same family originally.
Question#4 Regarding the rabbit chews the cud (反芻) in Leviticus 11:6
Do the rabbit really chew the cud in the scientific sense of having gastronomical system wherein several stomachs are used for processing food? It is believed cows, sheep and goats ‘regurgitated’ their food. That’s the normal meaning of ‘chew the cud’. The Hebrew expression for ‘chew the cud’ is literally ‘raising up what has been swallowed.’ But what does that mean? Surely there is the appearance of a cud-chewing process in the rabbit. In fact, so convincing was this appearance that Carolus Linnaeus, who invented the modern system of biological classification, first classified the coney and the rabbit as ruminants. I believe the claims of the rabbit chewing the cud is based on observation, not on the scientific refinements of classification. It is true that the camel, coney and rabbit go through similar motions as the cows, sheep and goats.
Leviticus is a book of instructions for the Israelites to do sacrifices to God in the Old Testament times. The meaning of the sacrifice is for the people to remember who God is to them (God doesn’t eat the food, nor does he need the food to feed his hunger!). Christians (Protestant and Catholics) don’t have to obey the sacrificial laws because they believe the death and resurrection of Jesus have already substitute the sacrifices.
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