圣经中没有糖——但有关于蜂蜜的警告

  • 圣经中没有糖。甘蔗当时尚未传到古代近东地区;耶利米书 6:20 和以赛亚书 43:24 中的“菖蒲”(sweet cane)是一种用于香料和膏油的芳香芦苇,而非甜味剂。
  • 蜂蜜是圣经中的甜味象征——应许之地流奶与蜜,诗篇 119:103 也以此来衡量神的话语。
  • 以西结吃下了一卷书,尝起来像蜂蜜一样甜(3:3),尽管其内容是哀歌。参孙在狮子尸体中发现了蜂蜜(士师记 14:8),约拿单在灾难日于树林中发现了蜂蜜(撒母耳记上 14:27)。
  • 箴言 25:16 是圣经中唯一仅因数量问题而对美好事物发出警告的地方:“吃蜜过多,就必呕吐。”
  • 圣经没有提供解梦的钥匙(创世记 40:8)。其关联在于纯粹的良善、在困境中发现的甜蜜,以及过量。

There is no sugar in the Bible. Sugar cane had not reached the ancient Near East in any form the writers would have recognised, and no Hebrew or Greek word in Scripture means it. What the Bible has instead is honey, and it has a great deal of it — including one warning that most people have never read. Why sugar is absent Sugar cane was cultivated in India and reached the Mediterranean world only centuries after the New Testament…

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