书评-【创世纪的家谱】(朴润植 著)

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创世纪，耶稣基督及家谱

 

 

 

弗兰克·詹姆斯 博士

 

美国改革宗神学院校长，历史神学 博士

 

 

很可惜大部分人对研究圣经里的家谱并没有兴趣，甚至觉得无聊，但是朴润植博士在他所写的新著作——《从神救赎史的经纶看创世纪的家谱》里不仅深入研究了圣经中的家谱，并且呈现出其伟大的价值，还加上了妙趣横生。

任何构造为能长久维持，就需要坚固的根基。同样，我们要拥有基于圣经的信心，创世纪就是必需的确确实实的根基。创世纪不仅对于理解人类的起源、神与我们的关系，还有理解我们相互之间的关系以及我们，是最为根本的书。它作为基督教所有思考的根源上的土台，再三强调也有过之而无不及。朴润植博士就是在理解这种根本之书上做出了非常重要及有价值的贡献，是理当得到至高的赞赏。

朴润植博士在这本著作中如实地展现出希伯来原文上他那卓越的才华，而且他在语言学上的能力一而再三地呈现在著作中。这不仅说明他的研究是多么真实，而且表现出他对创世纪与众不同的深爱。

作者认为，没有对创世纪深入研究，就无法完全认识神救赎史的经纶，这的确是正确无疑。有句老格言——《数往知来》，这同样适用于圣经研究，而朴润植博士却在其非凡的著作中深深地刻画了此格言。

 

作者将摩西所宣告的申命记32:7节——“你当追想上古之日，思念历代之年”为圣经研究的出发点。而且在这本著作中精心地深入分析了创世纪家谱的十段（天与地、亚当、挪亚、挪亚之子、闪、他拉与亚伯拉罕、以实玛利、以撒、以扫与雅各等），并且透过他们每一个人详细阐明了神的救赎史。朴润植博士使用家谱展现出神救赎史的经纶核心，并且阐述其救赎史的经纶在耶稣基督的圣工上得到最终的完成。

朴润植博士的这本重要著作有一下与众不同的特征。

第一，这本书唯独充满了圣经话语。

毫无疑问，朴朴润植博士不仅深爱圣经，而且确实在圣经研究的源泉之中畅饮深奥的生命水。

第二，这本书清清楚楚地传达福音的信息。

作者在书中各处明确地发出“迎接耶稣为救主”之慈悲的邀请，因此丝毫没有放开马太福音28:19-20节里所说的“使万民作我的门徒”之伟大的委任状。

第三，在这本书上作者庄严地承认创世纪的“历史性”，这一点使我喜出望外。

在很多现代神学家们怀疑亚当的历史性之际，朴润植博士却在此坚定地见证圣经的历史性，这实在是鼓舞人心的壮举。

最后，这本书章决句断。

读这本书的普通读者不需因专业术语而迷惑不解，因为深入淡出的文笔会使你很容易明白圣经的教导。

这本书使你一目了然，即从创世纪开始，贯穿所有世代的神救赎史的经纶，最终通过耶稣基督与他的圣工得到完成。

朴润植博士所写的这本著作具有充分的“读书旅行”价值。本人诚恳地推荐充满洞察力的这本著作能够在神学院及大学广为使用，而且可以断言绝对不会使读者失望。要读！要研究！要借着祷告征服这本书！要在你的生活与牧羊圣工中使这本书的智慧得到广为应用！

 

弗兰克·詹姆斯 博士

Dr. Frank A. James III. PhD, DPhil

 

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Genesis, Jesus and Genealogies

 

  

 Dr. Frank A. James III. PhD, DPhil

President and Professor of Historical Theology

Reformed Theological Seminary

 

All too often genealogies are viewed as uninteresting or even worse, boring. But Dr. Abraham Park’s new book, The Genesis Genealogy Viewed Through God’s Work of Salvation, demonstrates the great value and even the excitement of an in-depth study of Biblical genealogies. A strong foundation is necessary for any enduring structure. And so it is also true that the book of Genesis is a firm foundation for our Biblical faith. Genesis is the groundwork not only for understanding our beginnings, but it is also the basis for understanding ourselves as well as our relationship with God and with one another. One simply cannot overstate the importance of Genesis as the foundational paradigm for all Christian thinking. Dr. Abraham Park is to be congratulated for his important and worthy contribution to our understanding of this foundational book.

Dr. Park displays a remarkable facility with the Hebrew language. Time and again, his linguistic skills are on display. This indicates not only the seriousness of his research but also his love for the book of Genesis. He has rightly understood that one cannot fully grasp God’s work of salvation, unless one digs deeply into the book of beginnings. The old adage that one cannot understand the future unless one first understands the past, holds true in Biblical studies. Dr. Park takes this adage to heart in this remarkable book.

 

The biblical point of departure for Dr. Park is Deuteronomy 32:7 where the song of Moses declares: “Remember the days of old, consider the years of all generations....” He carefully considers the ten genealogies of Genesis (of heaven and earth, of Adam, of Noah, of Noah’s sons, of Shem, of Terah and Abraham, of Ishmael, of Isaac, of Esau, and of Jacob) and through each of these the history of redemption is clearly expounded. Dr. Park employs these genealogies to reveal the core of God’s work of redemption in history which find their ultimate expression in the work of Jesus Christ.

 

There are several distinguishing features of Dr. Park’s important book. First, it is a book suffused with Scripture. It is absolutely clear that Dr. Park loves the Bible and it is obvious that he drinks deeply from the fountain of Biblical study. Second, it has a clear evangelistic thrust. At many points the clear implication of his
exposition is a warm invitation to embrace Jesus as Lord and Savior. Dr. Park, it would seem, has never lost sight of the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20. Thirdly, I was delighted to see that he takes the historicity of the Genesis account seriously. In a day when some many modern theologians cast doubt on the historicity of Adam, for example, it is refreshing to see a firm affirmation of historicity. Finally, the text is clearly and well written. The average reader will not get lost in technical jargon, but will indeed see the teaching of Scripture with ease.

 

This book is a sweeping vista of God’s plan of redemption from Genesis down through the ages to its final expression in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Dr. Park’s book is a journey worth taking. I heartily recommend this insightful work of Dr. Park for seminaries and colleges. I can assure this book will not disappoint. Read it, study it, pray over it and then put its wisdom to work in your life and ministry.

 

Dr. Frank A. James III. PhD, DPhil

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