橡树在圣经中的含义：事件发生的地点

Oaks in the Bible are where things happen. People meet God under them, bury the dead beneath them, and set up stones there afterwards so the place can be found again. They are the Bible’s landmarks, and the reason is practical before it is symbolic: in that country a large tree is visible for miles and lasts for centuries. The oaks of Mamre Abraham is sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day when three…