ReconstructionoftheZigguratofNabonidusWoolley(1939)[阅读全文]
得窥天境
得窥天境，须看透红尘万丈；人神相通，只凭借灵犀一缕。信靠耶稣，此外路路是绝望；坚定不移，万里迢迢聚天堂。
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EtemenankiAmodelofthecityofBabylon,withitszigguratEtemenankiontherightandEsagila,theprincipaltempleofMarduk,ontheleft.Wetzel(1938),plate17b.[阅读全文]
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TowerofBabelGallery(Pleaseseeseparatepictures)Mesopotamianzigguratswerestagedtempletowersthatliftedworshippersclosertotheirgods.Thebiblicalziggurat,calledtheTowerofBabel,symbolizedhumanityinrebellionagainstGodintheirattempttoascendtoheaven.TheTowerofBabelstoryhascometosymbolizehumansin.ExaminethiscollectionofTowerofBabelpicturestounderstandthenatureofzigguratsandhowartistshaveusedittoportrayhumans...[阅读全文]
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2.TowerofBabel(11:1-9)TheYahwistnarrativecontributestheplotlineofhumanity'sreachfordeity.TheTowerofBabelepisodecontinuesthestoryofrebellionagainstGodanddepictstheoverreachofhumanaspirations.Aunitedhumanityinitiatesanenormousprojecttobuildaturretthatwouldreachheaven.ThelocaleofthisstoryisthebroadplainoflowerMesopotamiacalledShinar.Inthisepisodehumanityisstillaunifiedcommunity.Thepeoplehadplanstosec...[阅读全文]
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1.TableofNations(10)ThegenealogyofGenesis10,calledtheTableofNations,isdifferentfromtheothermaingenealogiesofthePrimevalStoryinchapters5and11.TheTableofNationsisalateralratherthanlineargenealogy.Itfollowsthisgeneralpattern:thesonsofAwereBandCandD....ThesonsofBwereXandYandZ....Itsprimarypurposewastoidentifyconnectionsamongpopulationgroupsbasedontheircommonpaternity.Repeatedlywearetoldthat"theseareth...[阅读全文]
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B.Post-FloodGenerations(10:1-11:9)AfterthefloodandthedeathofNoahhumanitybegantorepopulatetheearth.Chapter10,calledtheTableofNations,isentirelydevotedtoNoah'ssonsShem,Ham,andJaphethandtheirdescendants.ThisgenealogycomesfromthePriestlysource,butitdiffersstructurallyfromthegenealogiesinchapters5and11.Ithasasegmentedortree-likestructure,goingfromonefathertomanyoffspring.Theaccountdetailsthreebroadgrou...[阅读全文]
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3.Noah'sInsobriety(9:20-27)Noahandhisthreesonssetaboutrepopulatingtheearth.Noahsettleddownandbecameafarmer,muchinthetraditionofAdamandCain.Intheprocess,Noah,although"arighteousman,uprightinhisgeneration"(6:9),fellpreytowhatappearstobeunseemlybehavior--hegetsdrunk.God'sjudgmentonhumanityinthefloodobviouslyhadnotimprovedhumannature.TheDrunkednessofNoah,byMichelangelo(1475-1564)1512,SistineChapel,Vat...[阅读全文]
