Topic Fourteen (2010/12/13~2010/12/20): Mistery of the lost brother, Joseph?
Being his father's favorite child in the family, Joseph was sold to Egypt by his elder brothers. What might be the reason(s) that led to this tragedy?
Discussion topic:
Should Josoph be responsible for his own misfortune? Or, should his elder brothers be blamed for the evil doing?
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Topic Thirteen: Women in the Old Testament
Topic Thirteen (2010/12/6~2010/12/13): What are the roles played by women in the Old Testament?
Monotheism and patriarchy were established in the age of The Old Testament. In this social structure, what roles did women normally play?
Discussion topic:
Please raise an example and point out the significance of this woman in the Biblical tradition.
For example, Eve is the first woman. She was created from a part of Adam. She was taught to be submissive and loving to her husband. However, she possessed a weakness in her character, i.e., vanity, that had caused the betrayal to God's order and led to the great fall of humanity into mortality and catastrophies. Eve in the BIblical tradition is like Pandora in Greek mythology: The woman's curiosity and vanity have caused human race a lot of troubles.
Monotheism and patriarchy were established in the age of The Old Testament. In this social structure, what roles did women normally play?
Discussion topic:
Please raise an example and point out the significance of this woman in the Biblical tradition.
For example, Eve is the first woman. She was created from a part of Adam. She was taught to be submissive and loving to her husband. However, she possessed a weakness in her character, i.e., vanity, that had caused the betrayal to God's order and led to the great fall of humanity into mortality and catastrophies. Eve in the BIblical tradition is like Pandora in Greek mythology: The woman's curiosity and vanity have caused human race a lot of troubles.
Topic Twelve: The Holy Jerusalem
Topic Twelve (2010/11/29~2010/12/6): Why is Jerusalem called "The City of Heaven"?
In "Jerusalem: City of Heaven" (Discovery Channel: 1999), a historical sketch of the holy city of Jerusalem highlights the zenith importance of this city to three groups of religous believers: the Jewish people, the Christians, and the Muslims.
For the past two thousand years, these different groups of people have fought against one another in competition to get control over Jerusalem, and tragedies happen over and over again.
Religous masters teach people to love others and to co-exist in peace. However, the political situations in the middle East have been in turmoil, and hatred grows with the years.
There is a saying: "Among the ten beauties on Earth, Jerusalem possesses nine of them; among the ten vices on Earth, Jerusalem also possesses nine of ten."
Duscussion topics:
(1) Why is it that the most beautiful and the most vicious exist at the same time in Jerusalem?
(2) Do you think there is a way to make different enthnic groups living in/around Jerusalem reach a peace agreement?
In "Jerusalem: City of Heaven" (Discovery Channel: 1999), a historical sketch of the holy city of Jerusalem highlights the zenith importance of this city to three groups of religous believers: the Jewish people, the Christians, and the Muslims.
For the past two thousand years, these different groups of people have fought against one another in competition to get control over Jerusalem, and tragedies happen over and over again.
Religous masters teach people to love others and to co-exist in peace. However, the political situations in the middle East have been in turmoil, and hatred grows with the years.
There is a saying: "Among the ten beauties on Earth, Jerusalem possesses nine of them; among the ten vices on Earth, Jerusalem also possesses nine of ten."
Duscussion topics:
(1) Why is it that the most beautiful and the most vicious exist at the same time in Jerusalem?
(2) Do you think there is a way to make different enthnic groups living in/around Jerusalem reach a peace agreement?
Topic Eleven: Moses and His Miracles
Topic Eleven (2010/11/22~2010/11/29): Why is it so important to prove that Moses really existed and his miracles truely happened?
In "Who Was Moses?" (Discovery Channel: 2000), the narrator endeavored to find scientific evidence to prove that the events recorded in the Old Testament were true and that Moses really existed in history.
In the Chinese article cited bellow, there displays another modern effort to recreat the crucial scene in the Exodus in scientific experiment.
Discussion topic:
Why is it so important to show that Moses was a real person and the miracles he performed could really happen in reality?
摩西過紅海 科學模擬版
時速101強風 吹出「出埃及」路
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2010/09/23 02:36楊明暐／綜合報導
中國時報【楊明暐／綜合報導】
《舊約聖經》記載，摩西帶領以色列人離開埃及時，法老派兵追來，百姓面對紅海走投無路，上帝吩咐摩西拿杖伸向紅海，接著刮起一陣強勁的東風，海水便分開了，於是以色列人從海中乾地走過去。
以色列人過紅海，可能是《舊約聖經》中最引人矚目的一件神蹟。科學家現在相信，這件事確有可能發生，不過海水分開靠的是大自然的力量，而非摩西手中的杖。
美國科羅拉多大學博爾德校區國家大氣研究中心的科學家利用電腦模擬方式，研究風對海水產生的效應，結果顯示，在時速一百零一公里的強大東風吹襲十二小時後，較淺的海水會被推至一條河流與一個濱海潟湖匯流處達四小時之久，使百姓得以通過，就像《出埃及記》的描寫。
領導這項研究的ＮＣＡＲ科學家德魯斯（Carl Drews）指出，透過流體力學，可以解釋海水分開的原因。此外，科學家也認為，發生這一神蹟的地點應該不是在紅海，而是在鄰近的尼羅河三角洲某條古老的河川上。過去有人提出各種的理論，其中一種是發生海嘯，海水迅速退去，隨後沖回來，正好將法老的軍隊淹死。
《舊約聖經》記載，摩西帶領以色列人離開埃及時，法老派兵追來，百姓面對紅海走投無路，上帝吩咐摩西拿杖伸向紅海，接著刮起一陣強勁的東風，海水便分開了，於是以色列人從海中乾地走過去。
以色列人過紅海，可能是《舊約聖經》中最引人矚目的一件神蹟。科學家現在相信，這件事確有可能發生，不過海水分開靠的是大自然的力量，而非摩西手中的杖。
美國科羅拉多大學博爾德校區國家大氣研究中心的科學家利用電腦模擬方式，研究風對海水產生的效應，結果顯示，在時速一百零一公里的強大東風吹襲十二小時後，較淺的海水會被推至一條河流與一個濱海潟湖匯流處達四小時之久，使百姓得以通過，就像《出埃及記》的描寫。
領導這項研究的ＮＣＡＲ科學家德魯斯（Carl Drews）指出，透過流體力學，可以解釋海水分開的原因。此外，科學家也認為，發生這一神蹟的地點應該不是在紅海，而是在鄰近的尼羅河三角洲某條古老的河川上。過去有人提出各種的理論，其中一種是發生海嘯，海水迅速退去，隨後沖回來，正好將法老的軍隊淹死。
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