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2019/03/06


許信靖 牧師 ~

For a long time it has been much easier to get a Ph.D. in biblical studies if you’re a “details person” rather than a “big-picture person.” This has attracted into the field people with sharp eyes for small details; such an ability is a great asset for a scholar, but it needs to be balanced with the vision and imagination that will ask the big questions too, if scholarly study of the gospels is not to become seriously distorted. The meaning of a word is its use in a sentence; the meaning of a sentence is its use in a paragraph; and the meaning of a paragraph is its use in the larger document to which it contributes. Details are vitally important, but they are important as part of the overall picture. And the burden of my song in this book is that we’ve all forgotten what the big picture actually is. (From N. T. Wright, 英國著名神學家。)

長久以來,要拿到聖經學的博士,比較容易的方法是鑽研細節,而不是從大圖畫著手。這樣就吸引人進入這個領域,用尖銳的眼睛去探究細節。對一個學者來說,這種能力是他的資產,但也需要有大圖畫的眼光和想像力,能夠問大的問題來平衡(@~能夠符合上帝的旨意~@),以免他的研究對福音產生嚴重的扭曲。
一個字的意義存在句子裡面,一個句子的意義存在整個段落裡面,一個段落的意義又存在整個完整的敘述裡面。細節非常重要,但他們之所以重要,是因為那是整個故事的一部分。我感到沈重的是,我們都忘了這個大圖畫。
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我們很容易「斷章取義」;就是「偏離上帝的旨意,將聖經章節不按基督救贖福音的標的次序曲解,甚或榮耀人而非榮耀神」。

約一 4:20人若說「我愛神」,卻恨他的弟兄,就是說謊話的;不愛他所看見的弟兄,就不能愛沒有看見的神(有古卷:怎能愛沒有看見的神呢)。21愛神的,也當愛弟兄,這是我們從神所受的命令。
「福音」:「神先愛我們」>「基督徒能愛神」>「基督徒能愛弟兄」>…
不能斷說:「不愛看的見的牧師」>「不能愛看不見的神」>…
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