欣嫩子谷

維基百科,自由的百科全書
跳至導覽 跳至搜尋
欣嫩子谷
גיא בן הינום
欣嫩谷
Ge-Hinnom.jpg
約 1900年的欣嫩谷
欣嫩子谷在耶路撒冷的位置
欣嫩子谷
欣嫩子谷
在耶路撒冷的位置
錫安山以南
地理
坐標31°46′6.262″N 35°13′49.58″E / 31.76840611°N 35.2304389°E / 31.76840611; 35.2304389座標31°46′6.262″N 35°13′49.58″E / 31.76840611°N 35.2304389°E / 31.76840611; 35.2304389
河流Gey Ben Hinnom Stream

欣嫩子谷又稱欣嫩谷גיא בן הינום古希臘語γέεννα))是耶路撒冷的一個谷地。在希伯倫聖經中,這裏最初是猶大諸王以火犧牲自己孩子的地方[1] 。從此以後,這個地方便被認為受到了詛咒[2]

注釋[編輯]

  1. ^ Watson E. Mills; Roger Aubrey Bullard. Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Mercer University Press. 1990: 319. ISBN 978-0-86554-373-7. 
  2. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia: Gehenna: "The place where children were sacrificed to the god Moloch was originally in the "valley of the son of Hinnom," to the south of Jerusalem (Josh. xv. 8, passim; II Kings xxiii. 10; Jer. ii. 23; vii. 31-32; xix. 6, 13-14). For this reason the valley was deemed to be accursed, and "Gehenna" therefore soon became a figurative equivalent for "hell.""