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This, the second of our two Hebrew creation stories, is from Genesis 1:1 to 2:3. It thus appears first in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis, but it is actually the younger of the two stories presented there. A considerable body of scholarship over the last two or three centuries has concluded that this story was written in about the sixth century B.C.. That was after Israel was conquered by the Assyrians in 722 B.C. and at a time when the Hebrews were faced with exile in Babylon.

這第二個希伯來創世故事，來自創世紀1：1到2：3。從這點而言，它看似是第一個出現在希伯來聖經創世紀中的故事，但是事實上，在這兩個故事中，它卻是比較晚出現的。在過去的兩個或三個世紀裡，相當多的學者們得出的結論是，這個故事寫於西元前六世紀。那是在以色列人被亞述人於西元前722年征服之後而成的故事，當時也是希伯來人在巴比倫流亡的時期。

The author of this later story is known to scholars as "P", because he or she wrote from a much more "priestly" perspective than J, the author of the chronologically earlier story that appears in Genesis 2:4 to 3:24 (see "Yahweh", above). P's story is one of creation ex nihilo (from nothing), and the creation is a much more stately process than that in J's story. Because of the timing of its writing and the grandeur of its language, P's story has been interpreted by scholars "as an origin story created for the benefit of a lost nation in the need of encouragement and affirmation" (Leeming and Leeming 1994, p. 113). In fact, some scholars have suggested that P's story was actually written in Babylon.

       後來的這個故事，它的作者被學者們稱為「P」，這是因為他或她比J更從「教士的(取英文中priestly的p)」角度來寫作，J是創世記2：4到3：24（詳見另一文「耶和華」[1]）中的作者，若按時間順序排列的話，比P的故事還要早。P的故事是ex nihilo（無中生有）的創世之一，而它的創世過程比J的故事更為莊嚴肅穆。由於其寫作的時間和宏大的用語，P的故事被學者們解讀為「一個為了鼓勵和肯定某個失落的國度所創造出來的起源故事」(Leeming and Leeming 1994, p. 113)。事實上，有一些學者認為P的故事實際上是在巴比倫寫成的。

      A note on the next two stories:

      以下兩個故事的小註解：

The Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament, is known to modern readers from the Masoretic text, a compilation of Hebrew texts assembled by Jewish scholars in the seventh to tenth centuries A.D. from older scrolls and codices. That text, and thus the Old Testament, contain two creation stories. It is not unusual for cultures to have multiple creation stories, and throughout this booklet the paraphrases have melded two or more variations of a culture's creation story into one. However, because the two stories in the Old Testament are so different, the two stories are recounted separately here as "Yahweh" and then "The Elohim".

現代讀者所知的希伯來聖經或舊約聖經是從馬索拉文本而來，它是由西元七到十世紀的猶太學者收集較舊的捲軸和抄本，彙編而成的希伯來文本。該文本以及舊約聖經有兩個創世故事。文化中存有多個創世故事並不罕見，在這本小冊子的釋義中，是將一個文化中兩個或多個版本的創世故事融合為一個故事。但是，由於舊約中的兩個故事差太多了，所以這裡將這兩個故事分為「耶和華」和「以羅欣」，各自單獨敘述。

       This story comes from the Mossi people. Before the colonization of Africa, the Mossi lived in the Mogho kingdom, which today would be in Upper Volta. The story was first written down by Frederic Guirma, who learned it from his Mossi ancestors.

       這個故事來自莫西族人。在非洲被殖民統治之前，莫西族居住在莫高王國，現今大概在上伏塔[1]。這個故事最初由Frederic Guirma寫下來，這個故事是他從他的莫西族祖先那裡知道的。

The Naba Zid-Wendé[2]

Naba Zid-Wendé

      This story comes from the Menominee or Menomoni people of northern Wisconsin. The Menominee derived much of their food from the sturgeon that came into the Menominee River and Wolf River each year to spawn. When forced to accept life on a reservation by the U.S. govern­ment, the tribe chose a reservation on the Wolf River so that they could continue their way of life. However, in 1892 a dam was built downstream, and the sturgeon have since been barred from coming upstream. A Sturgeon Ceremony is still held each year, but only with sturgeon hauled from downriver.

這個故事來自於威斯康辛州北部的梅諾米尼或梅諾莫尼人。梅諾米尼人大部分的食物來源為每年進入梅諾米尼河和狼河產卵的鱘魚。當他們被美國政府強制劃分為保留區時，為了能夠繼續他們以往的生活方式，該部落將保留區選在狼河上。但是在1892年時，下游建了一座大壩，至此，鱘魚無法再回到上游。每年在這裡仍會舉行鱘魚儀式，但是用的都是從下游運上來的鱘魚。

The Menominee and Manabush[1]

梅諾米尼和梅納布希

Pansexuality and Being Pansexual: Everything You Need to Know[1]

你該知道的泛性戀

One of the biggest downfalls in our education system is the lack of information readily available about sexuality. Our mainstream culture has reached a point where we are all familiar with straight, gay, lesbian and bisexual lifestyles, but these labels still provide a very limited understanding of human sexuality.

我們教育體系中最大的缺點之一就是缺乏有關性的資訊。我們的主流文化已經達到了熟悉直人、男同性戀、女同性戀和雙性戀生活方式的地步，但是這些標籤仍然僅對人類的性提供了非常有限的理解。

What Can I Do to Help Feel Better After a Concussion?[1]

腦震盪後能做些什麼來改善情況？

Although most people recover after a concussion, how quickly they improve depends on many factors. These factors include how severe their concussion was, their age, how healthy they were before the concussion, and how they take care of themselves after the injury.

雖然大多數人都能在腦震盪後恢復過來，但是恢復的速度卻取決於許多因素。這些因素包括腦震蕩的程度、年齡、腦震盪前的健康狀況，以及受傷後是如何照顧自己的。

What Are the Potential Long-Term Outcomes of Concussion and Other Brain Injury?[1]

腦震盪和其他腦損傷的長期潛在後果是什麼？

Brain Injury: Common Tests and Procedures[1]

腦損傷：常見的檢查和手術

Can the Brain Itself Feel Pain?[1]

大腦本身會感到疼痛嗎？

Fish Oil Supplements: A Fish Tale or a Good Catch?[1]

魚油補品：真的假的？

If you take a handful of supplements every morning, chances are fish oil is among them.

如果你是每天早上都會吃些保健食品的人，這些保健食品之中可能也會包含魚油。