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我们该学习当怎样阅读圣经。
我们应该牢记几件事：
- 圣经是很久以前写的
- 旧约是用希伯来语写给犹太人的
- 新约是在罗马帝国的黄金年代写成的。
- 不用说，古希伯来语和希腊语都与现代希伯来语和希腊语有关，但并不相同。
- 他们都有自己的语法规则，都是当时真正的语言，由真正的正常人日常使用。
由于我们大多数人无法阅读古希伯来语或古希腊语的圣经，我们需要依靠翻译、我们的母语和/或我们的第二语言，才能理解圣经的信息。
仅仅阅读圣经可能不足以正确理解它，因为我们可能正在以现代思维方式阅读圣经。永远记住，圣经是在古代以特定的圣经世界观写成的，这对我们大多数城市居民来说可能是极陌生的文化。
当中还隔着2000年的教会历史和传统。我们的信念并非空穴来风。二千年以来，我们的大部分教义和教导都是“流传下来的”，从一代传到下一代。这是一种延续的遗传。
在古代，大多数人没有受过正规教育。他们可以互相说话和交谈，但很少有人会读，更少人会写。书籍（或古时的书卷）是吓人般的昂贵，超出了普通人的承受能力。古代人靠口语交流，即使是正规的拉比教育，也基本上是口口相传。
在我们现代，人人都受过教育，我们会读会写。我们大多数人都接受了十年以上的教育，有些人甚至接受了近20年的高等教育。我们都有能高度分析的头脑。
印刷书籍很常见，现在随着 IT 技术的进步，电子书和互联网资源可以 24-7 全天候访问，而且成本极低。我们正在经历信息爆炸，材料如此之多，以至于我们在 10 辈子也读不完。我们需要工具来帮助我们选择如何着手优先阅读。
要读圣经，我们不能光阅读圣经。
我们其实有很多工具可供我们使用。
通过智能手机、电脑、互联网，我们可以轻松访问大量信息。
问题是：我们应该从哪里开始？
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We should learn how to read the Bible.
We should keep a few things in mind:
- The bible was written a long time ago
- The Old Testament was written to the Jews in Hebrew
- The New Testament was written during the golden age of the Roman Empire.
- Needless to say, both Ancient Hebrew and Greek are related to, but not the same as, Modern Hebrew and Greek.
- They all had their own grammatical rules, and they were all real languages at the time, used on a daily basis by real normal people.
Since most of us cannot read the Bible in ancient Hebrew or ancient Greek, we need to rely on translators, our native language, and/or our second language to understand the biblical message.
Just reading the Bible may not be enough to understand it properly because we may be reading the Bible in a modern way of thinking. Always remember that the Bible was written in ancient times with a specific biblical worldview, which may be a very foreign culture to most of us city dwellers.
There are also 2,000 years of church history and traditions. Our beliefs are not pulled from thin air. For two thousand years, most of our teachings and teachings have been "handed down," from one generation to the next. There is a continuation of succession.
In ancient times, most people had no formal education. They couldspeak and converse with each other, but few could read and even fewer could write. Books (or ancient scrolls) were frighteningly expensive, beyond the reach of the average person. The ancients communicated orally, and even formal rabbinic education was basically by word of mouth.
In our modern age, everyone is educated, we can read and write. Most of us have more than ten years of education, and some even have nearly 20 years of higher education. We all have highly analytical minds.
Printed books are common, and now with the advancement of IT technology, e-books and internet resources can be accessed 24-7 at a very low cost.
We are experiencing an explosion of information with so much material that we cannot finish reading them in 10 lifetimes. We need tools to help us choose how to proceed with prioritizing reading.
In order to read the Bible, we cannot just read the Bible alone.
We actually have a lot of tools at our disposal.
Through smartphones, computers, and the Internet, we have easy access to vast amounts of information.
The question is: where should we begin?
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