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1、SupplementaryGetStartedTextStudyResourcesGetStartedGetStarted1.AGeneralIntroduction2.FocusInTheStateofIsrae1.ThelocationofIsrael2.ThedevelopmentofIsrael草必枯干,花必凋残,惟有我们神的话,必永远立定------先知以赛亚我今日呼天唤地向你们作见证:你们必在过约旦河得为业的地上,速速灭尽!你们不能在那地上长久,必尽行除灭。耶和华必使你们分散在万民中,在他所领你们到的万国里,
2、你们剩下的人数稀少。耶和华必使你败在仇敌面前,你从一条路去攻击他们,必从七条路逃跑。你必在天下万国中抛来抛去。”“你在耶和华领你到的各国中,要令人惊骇、笑谈、讥诮。”“耶和华必使你们分散在万民中,从地这边到地那边,你必在那里事奉你和你列祖素不认识木头石头的神。在那些国中,你必不得安逸,也不得落脚之地;耶和华却使你在那里心中跳动,眼目失明,精神消耗。你的性命必悬悬无定,你昼夜恐惧,自料性命难保。你因心里所恐惧的,眼中所看见的,早晨必说,巴不得到晚上才好;晚上必说,巴不得到早晨才好。”(申命记4:26-27;28:25,37
3、,64-67)GetStartedJewishculture,withahistoryofabout5,000years,belongstooneoftheoldestcivilizationsintheworld.Accordingtosomehistoricallegends,JewsdescendedfromtheancientIsraelitesorHebrewsinthelandofIsrael.TheIsraelitemonarchycameintobeingunderthethreekings,namely
4、Saul,DavidandSolomon.AfterSolomon’sdeath,thecountrywasdividedintotwoparts.AfterfivedecadesofBabyloniancaptivity,Israelwasnon-existentasanindependentcountryuntilMay14,1948whentheUnitedNationsdeclaredthefoundingoftheJewishnationofIsrael.TheJewishpeopleweatheredthes
5、tormsofallkindsofethnicdifficultiesanddisastersoverthelongperiodofbeingexiledfromonecountryGetStartedtoanotherinEuropeandelsewhereintheworld.However,withapproximatelyfivemillenniaofhistoricaldevelopment,theJewishpeopleandtheirculturehaveembodiedbothanextraordinar
6、ytemperamentoffirmness,adaptabilitytohardshipaswithastrongsenseofreligiousbeliefandspiritualsupportwhichpervadedallstagesoftheirhistoryandwhichhascontinuedgenerationsupongenerations.Inencounteringothergreatcultures,theJewshaveactivelyassimilatedthebeneficialeleme
7、ntsandintegratedthemintotheirown,asanunbrokenpartofculturaltradition.DuringthelongpersistenceofDiasporaintheirhistory,theycollectedandpreservedthescatteredpiecesofmaterialandstoriesoftheirnationalandreligioushistoriesbeforecomposingorwritingthemintosomeGetStarted
8、formaldocumentsasclassics,suchastheOldTestament,theTorah,theMishnaandTalmud,etc.Therefore,Jewishculturecouldbewellpreservedandwidelydisseminatedallovertheworld