The Antiquity of Genesis《创世记》的悠久历史

<p>You can not say that any chapter of this Part One is unimportant. Of special interest however is the chapter on the kings of Genesis 14 affirmed in Abraham's time (around 2000 BC). Contemporary cuneiform inscriptions bear names of all four of the Mesopotamian kings who came to punish the rebelling kings of the plain. The frontispiece in the 2022 bilingual edition Part One features those very inscriptions lest they be overlooked.</p><p></p><p>你不能说本书第一部分的任何章节不重要。然而，尤其值得关注的是关于《创世记》第十四章中诸王的章节，这些诸王在亚伯拉罕时代（约公元前2000年）就已得到证实。当时的楔形文字铭文记载了前来惩罚叛乱的平原诸王的四位美索不达米亚国王的名字。为了避免读者忽略这些铭文，2022年双语版第一部分的卷首插图就收录了这些铭文。</p>