Kang,
C.H. and Nelson, Ethel R., The Discovery
of Genesis: How the Truth of Genesis Were Found Hidden in the Chinese Language
Pages
154
ISBN
0570037921
“Who (God) in bygone
generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways, nevertheless He did not
leave Himself without witness” [Acts 14:16-17]. Indeed, these verses resound
again and over again through the reader’s mind when we take Kang’s work into
perspectives. This was the product of long laborious endeavor of a man
committed to contextualize gospel to Chinese land. His proof for God of Bible in Chinese
Graphology is incontrovertible.
The
author Reverend Kang is a native Chinese, who through his hard work discovered
the truth many years ago. Ethel R. Nelson is an American missionary who was so intrigued
by an earlier publication by C.H. Kang that she urged him to partner with her
to go into more detail.
With
the help of a flexible publisher and a talented calligrapher, they unfold the
history of mankind from creation to the Tower of Babel from this written
language that predates the ld Testament. Kang explicitly, through his amazing
deconstruction of alphabets and demonstrates
that how the elemental chunks of numerous ancient Chinese characters
audaciously echo the tales concerned with that of Adam and Eve, institution
of marriage, Serpent, the fall, the Great Flood, the Tower of Babel and many other
Genesis accounts recorded in the Bible. Through author’s Linguistic
analysis of Chinese language character, he claims that the ancient Chinese were
of Abraham’s descend. Author believes that earliest Chinese were actually
remnant of Babel’s dispersion. And the ancient worshippers in China were actually monotheistic and knew the Abrahamic God of Bible.
A
brilliant
research and a ground breaking work that is
plausible to administer possible bridges for interfaith dialogue amongst
adherents of Chinese worldview with that of Biblical. Intriguing!
From a
critical look, we also must not forget the historical formation of Chinese
characters actually had been under much evolution till its modern widely
accepted form. So the modern Chinese reader might find it somewhat
inconceivable at times.
Nevertheless,
I invincibly recommend this read for couple of reasons; first, because it’s an
exotically extraordinary work. A foreigner to Chinese language, like me will
find the book understandable because of its excellent sidebar graphics, it’s
clear and concise. Second, I believe it will be a great tool for the
missionaries to China who are interested in Contextual apologetics. Because
book will convince a Chinese that Christianity is not an antipodal belief,
instead, a historical reality well embedded in his very own culture and own
ancient language. Finally,
it’s a fascinating read for every Christian to explore more extended validity
of Genesis account on initial humanity, coming from a non-Christian context.
Read
Bible, especially Genesis, then read this book. And then you will be surprised!
What a great message!
1 comments:
Interesting, especially the claim: "Through author’s Linguistic analysis of Chinese language character, he claims that the ancient Chinese were of Abraham’s descent".
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