金伯利(Kimberly)不在圣经中——它是一座南非城市



  • Kimberly 并没有出现在圣经中。它源自南非的金伯利(Kimberley),以金伯利勋爵(Lord Kimberley)的名字命名,该地因钻石和布尔战争而闻名。
  • 它在二十世纪中叶成为一个名字。它是一个地名,而非某种美德。
  • 圣经中关于宝石的记载是大祭司的胸牌:上面刻有十二个支派的名字,每当他进入圣所时,都要佩戴在胸前(出埃及记 28:29)。其价值从来不是重点。
  • 启示录以一座城市作为结尾,其根基是宝石,街道是黄金,因为那里的人不需要这些东西做别的用途。
  • 金伯利矿区的开采条件残酷且带有种族歧视,随后的战争造成了巨大的人员伤亡。这并不是对任何叫 Kimberly 的人的评价,但如果跳过这一页,就等于掩盖了真相。

Kimberly is not in the Bible, and its history is more recent and more complicated than most people expect. It comes from Kimberley in South Africa — a city named after Lord Kimberley, which rose to prominence through diamonds and then through the Boer War. A name that came to us through a mine and a siege. That is worth knowing rather than glossing over. What does the name Kimberly mean? It is a place, not a virtue. The English…

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