臭鼬不在圣经中——但“气味”却在,而且非常奇特



  • 圣经中没有臭鼬。它们是北美特有的动物,没有任何圣经作者见过它们。
  • 气味贯穿了整部圣经:祭物是“蒙耶和华悦纳的香气”(利未记 1:9),这是一种极其具象的敬拜描述方式。
  • 哥林多后书 2:14-16 是最奇特的用法——信徒是同一种香气,却有两种接收方式:对一些人来说是生命,对另一些人来说是死亡,而这香气本身并无过错。
  • 这个意象源自罗马凯旋式,同样的香气对胜利者意味着庆祝,而对走在同一队伍中的囚犯来说则意味着终结。
  • 约翰福音 12:3 记载屋里充满了香气——这是一个没人需要的细节,关于一年的工资在瞬间化为乌有。

Skunks are not in the Bible. They are North American, and no biblical writer ever met one. Smell, though, runs right through Scripture, and it is used for something no one expects. The aroma The sacrificial instructions repeat a phrase dozens of times: the offering is an aroma pleasing to the Lord (Leviticus 1:9). It is a startlingly physical way to describe worship, and the writers knew it. The prophets attack the idea directly when the offerings are made by…

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