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Do you believe–or at least suspect–that there is a Supreme Being behind the cosmos?
你是否相信——或至少怀疑——在宇宙背后有一位至高存在者？
Would you like to know more about him?
你想更多地了解祂吗？
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Do you want to understand how, when, and why he created the universe?
你想理解祂如何、何时以及为什么创造宇宙吗？
Or what will become of it in ages to come?
或者它在将来的世代会变成什么样子？
If so, In Search of the Beginning was written especially for you.
如果是这样，《寻找起初》就是特别为你而写的。
In it, author Dean Davis invites seekers of cosmological truth on a fascinating journey to the origin of the universe, life, and man.
在其中，作者迪安·戴维斯邀请宇宙论真理的寻求者踏上一次迷人的旅程，探寻宇宙、生命和人类的起源。
Along the way, you’ll consider how the journey can be made successfully–whether by scientific theorizing, mystical experience, or divine revelation.
在这个过程中，你会考虑如何成功地进行这趟旅程——无论是通过科学理论、神秘经验，还是神圣启示。
You will visit with philosophical naturalists, both ancient and modern.
你将拜访哲学自然主义者，无论是古代的还是现代的。
You’ll hear from pantheists, both classical and evolutionary.
你将听取泛神论者的观点，无论是古典的还是进化的。
But most importantly, you’ll ponder afresh the cosmological views of one who is arguably the most trusted religious Teacher of all time.
但最重要的是，你将重新思考一位可说是有史以来最值得信赖的宗教教师的宇宙论观点。
And you will not be disappointed with what he says.
你不会对祂所说的感到失望。
Throughout the journey, Davis shows himself a competent and compassionate guide.
在整个旅程中，戴维斯显示出自己是一位称职且富有同情心的向导。
He holds degrees in both Philosophy and Theology, and has been an avid student of origins science for many years.
他拥有哲学和神学的学位，多年来一直是起源科学的热心学生。
Also, for four long years he made his own difficult pilgrimage toward spiritual reality–years that qualify him to speak with feeling and insight to seekers everywhere, especially those immersed in Eastern religions.
此外，他经历了四年漫长而艰难的属灵实在朝圣之路——这些年份使他有资格以感情和洞察力向各地的寻求者说话，特别是那些沉浸在东方宗教中的人。
In Search of the Beginning is unlike any book on cosmology you have ever read: informed, readable, spiritually minded, and at times even poetic.
《寻找起初》不同于你读过的任何宇宙论书籍：博学、易读、属灵心志，有时甚至富有诗意。
But more than this, it is a book that actually goes somewhere: to the beginning, and to the one who began it all!
但不仅如此，这是一本真正有目标的书：通往起初，通往那位开始这一切的祂！
About the Author
关于作者
Dean Davis (1947- ) was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.
迪安·戴维斯（1947- ）在旧金山湾区出生并长大。
In 1969, he graduated from U.C. Santa Cruz with a degree in Philosophy.
1969年，他从加州大学圣克鲁兹分校毕业，获得哲学学位。
A true child of the 60’s, he plunged headlong into the counterculture, practicing a wide variety of Eastern religions, especially Zen Buddhism.
作为60年代真正的孩子，他一头扎进反文化运动中，实践各种东方宗教，特别是禅宗佛教。
Then, in 1974, in the midst of a deep personal crisis, the God of the Bible graciously stepped in, turning a seeker into a finder, and an orphan into a beloved son, all through a life-changing revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
然后，在1974年，在深刻的个人危机中，圣经的神恩慈地介入，通过主耶稣基督改变生命的启示，将一个寻求者变成了寻见者，将一个孤儿变成了蒙爱的儿子。
Since then, Dean has followed the Lord down many roads, serving as a pastor, teaching elder, Sunday School director (with his wife, Linda), Christian bookstore manager, pro-life leader, and substitute school teacher.
从那时起，迪安跟随主走过许多道路，担任过牧师、教导长老、主日学校长（与妻子琳达一起）、基督教书店经理、维护生命领袖和代课教师。
In recent years, he has greatly enjoyed working as the Director of Come Let Us Reason, a Bible teaching ministry specializing in Worlvdiew Studies and Apologetics.
近年来，他非常享受担任”来让我们推理”的主任，这是一个专门从事世界观研究和护教学的圣经教导事工。
He and Linda currently reside in Santa Rosa, California.
他和琳达目前居住在加利福尼亚州圣罗莎。
Believing with Luther Burbank that it is indeed “the chosen spot of the earth as far as nature is concerned,” they hope to grow old there together, even as they keep careful tabs on their five far-flung kids: Mark, Beth, Jonathan, Rebekah, and Sara.
他们与路德·伯班克一样相信这里确实是”就自然而言地球上的选中之地”，他们希望在那里一起变老，同时密切关注他们分散各地的五个孩子：马克、贝丝、约拿单、利百加和萨拉。
TABLE OF CONTENTS
目录
Acknowledgments
致谢
Introduction: The Test, the Teacher, and the Beginning
引言：考验、教师和起初
Chapter 1: In Search of the Beginning
第一章：寻找起初
Chapter 2: Naturalism on the Beginning
第二章：自然主义论起初
Chapter 3: A Critique of the Naturalist Beginning
第三章：对自然主义起初的批评
Chapter 4: Pantheism on the Beginning
第四章：泛神论论起初
Chapter 5: The Teacher on the Beginning
第五章：教师论起初
Chapter 6: A Critique of the Biblical Beginning
第六章：对圣经起初的批评
Chapter 7: The Way to the Beginning
第七章：通往起初之路
Appendix 1: The Unity of the Bible
附录1：圣经的统一性
Appendix 2: Old Testament Messianic Types
附录2：旧约弥赛亚预表
Appendix 3: New Testament References to Genesis 1-11
附录3：新约对创世记1-11章的引用
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