《传道书》背景及简介

The Hebrew name for the Book of Ecclesiastes is “Qohelet” (קֹהֶלֶת), meaning “assembler of a gathering, speaker.” The Chinese Union Version translates it as “Preacher.” The Greek Septuagint title (Ἐκκλησιαστής / Ekklēsiastēs) is derived from the Hebrew, and the English title (Ecclesiastes) is a Latin transliteration of the Greek title. The Preacher identifies himself as […]

《耶利米哀歌》背景及简介

The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew: איכה‎) is listed as the third of the Five Megillot in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh (תנ״ך‎‎). In the original Hebrew, the book’s title comes from its first word, “Eichah!” (‘Eh-khah’), meaning “How!” The title “How!” aptly conveys the book’s theme: everyone should seriously consider how the holy people, holy […]

 从《路得记》看希伯来习俗

There are several customs in the Book of Ruth that might be unfamiliar to us. The first is the practice of a widow marrying her deceased husband’s brother. According to Genesis 38, this custom of a brother taking his brother’s widow was a Canaanite tradition for centuries. God later confirmed this custom in Deuteronomy 25 […]

波阿斯

Boaz (Hebrew: בועז) is a major figure in the Old Testament Book of Ruth, belonging to the tribe of Judah. Boaz was a relative of Naomi’s late husband, Elimelech. As recorded in Scripture, he was a wealthy and devout man. We can see from the Bible that his very first words when meeting his servants […]

路得

Ruth (Hebrew: רוּת) was a Moabite woman who lived around 1100 BC. She is an ancestral figure of King David, one of Israel’s greatest heroes. Ruth was originally the daughter-in-law of Naomi, a Jewish woman. Naomi and her husband, Elimelech, were from Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah. During a famine in Israel, they took […]

 以利米勒和拿俄米

Elimelech and Naomi are figures from the Jewish and Christian Bibles. The name “Elimelech” means “My God is King,” indicating that his father, at his birth, considered God to be King. However, by Elimelech’s generation, the people no longer regarded God as King, even “not knowing the Lord or the works that he had done […]

《路得记》简介

The Hebrew name for the Book of Ruth is “Megilat Ruth” (מגילת רות / Megilath Ruth). In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Judges and the Book of Ruth are traditionally considered one book. The Book of Ruth recounts the story of Ruth, a Moabite widow, who, during the time of the Judges, returned in […]

从《雅歌》中看以色列丰富的物产

In the Old Testament, God and the people of Israel referred to the Promised Land as a “land flowing with milk and honey.” How beautiful was that land truly? We can catch a glimpse from the Song of Solomon. [Song of Solomon 1:14] “My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the […]

雅歌背景

In the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh (תנ״ך‎‎), the Song of Solomon is the first of the Five Megillot. Its Hebrew name is “Shir HaShirim” (שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים), meaning “Song of Songs,” taken from the book’s opening phrase: “The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s” (1:1 original text). “Song of Songs” means “the most beautiful song,” and […]

先知撒迦利亚

Zechariah, whose name means “the LORD remembers,” is a figure in the Hebrew Bible, a prophet of the Kingdom of Judah, and the author of the Book of Zechariah (the 11th of the 12 Minor Prophets). Like Ezekiel, Zechariah also came from a priestly family. He was the son of Berechiah and the grandson of […]