“Have You Considered My Servant Job?” A Reflection on the Book of Job

Abstract

The Book of Job is often viewed as a story of unnecessary and undeserved suffering. A man who is “blameless” in the eyes of God is put through senseless anguish and misery simply because God and the Adversary have a wager. It is a story of a whimsical God who does not understand or care about human beings and their sufferings, and of an insignificant and yet defiant being who epitomizes human dignity and fortitude. This and other similar accounts make God villainous and human sufferings mysterious and incomprehensible. This article seeks to cast these issues in a different light by exploring some of the key terms in the Prologue and the speeches of God in the Theophany. The exploration ends with some reflections on Job in the Epilogue of the Book.     

洛阳博物馆藏原慈宁宫大佛堂无量寿佛造像

1973年,柬埔寨国王西哈努克亲王要来访问洛阳,柬埔寨是个佛教信仰的国家,西哈努克亲王本人也是个佛教信徒,来洛阳自然要到白马寺（后西哈努克亲王并没有来）①。赵朴初向周总理提出,从故宫调拨一批佛像、法器等佛教文物到白马寺,周总理很快即批准同意了。同年外交部副部长韩念龙同志带领各国使馆人员到河南参观,看到白马寺当时的状况,对外影响很不好。在这种情况下,河南省委提出并报周总理批准,于1972年对白马寺进行了一般性整修。②在得到国务院批准后,从1973年3月开始,到5月结束,洛阳方面历时3个月,用车30余辆,运回文物2300多件,     

New insights into the ancient silver production of the Wallis area, Switzerland

This paper discusses the results of a study of the exploitation history of the metallogenic region of the Wallis, Switzerland. Periods of exploitation in this mining district are determined by comparisons of the lead isotope fingerprint of the mines with those of dated artefacts presumed to have a local origin based on the style of craftsmanship. The approach is based on the study of silver mines in the Wallis area and illustrated by three examples of local craftsmanship: (1) silver jewellery from the Late Iron Age, (2) a reliquary shrine from the Early Middle Ages and (3) silver coins from the Late Middle Age.     

学科共识、认知美德和学者角色——化解历史知识客观性问题的新思路

通常而言,客观性是客体的属性和特征,与主观性相对立。以此为对照,历史知识的客观性问题就展现为历史实在论与历史相对主义之间的辩难,难分仲伯。换一种思路而言,当代新实用主义历史哲学家则认为客观性与主观性是可区分但不可分离的整体,在横向结构上,历史知识的客观性是"自我、他者与世界"共在的语义三角,在纵向历程上,历史知识的客观性也是一个不断辩证发展的过程。在社会认识论或史学社会学的视野下,在自我与他者所组成的学术共同体之中,历史知识的客观性就具有了规范性的涵义。历史知识作为一种公共性的知识,历史知识的客观性就是历史学家群体之间所签订的"真之契约",是历史学家群体不断协商和试错出来的学科共识,同时也需要史家的认知美德和学者角色提供担保。     

关于鲁迅辑本《范子计然》等五种

《鲁迅辑校古籍手稿》第二函第五册收入与绍兴有关的古籍辑校本五种:《范子计然》、《魏朗子》、《任奕子》、《志林》、《广林》.后四种的作者都是绍兴人,《范子计然》作者不详,但范子即范蠡与绍兴关系密切,所以鲁迅也特别关注,予以辑录.     

荆州松柏木牍所见西汉南郡的历史地理问题

新近公布的荆州松柏木牍,记载了武帝前期南郡所辖17个县、道、侯国的名称,这是除了《汉书.地理志》以外,有关南郡辖县的又一次明确记载。荆州松柏木牍具有重要的历史地理价值,它不但使我们对武帝前期南郡的政区有了清晰的认识,还使我们对《二年律令.秩律》中一些县、道的归属问题有了新的认识,而且也促进了我们对西汉时期南郡政区演变的了解。