Some scholars believe that Yahweh was originally a tribal deity—a god whom the Hebrews worshiped and considered superior to the pagan gods.
一些学者认为耶和华最初是一个部落神——希伯来人崇拜的神，并认为他比异教神更优越。
There were twelve pagan gods in all.
那是全部的十二个异教神祗。
It shows the power and superiority of Israel's Creator god over all other alleged pagan gods.
它显示以色列的创造者的权能和优越性，超乎其他异教所谓的神祗。
However, there is evidence that it was used by king Solomon, after he turned to pagan gods and the occult, late in his life, causing god to become very angry with him.
然而，有证据表明，它被所罗门王使用，在他转向异教神并秘术之后，在他生命最后的日子，引起真神对他忿怒。
With the scene of the flight of the pagan gods at the nativity of Christ Milton is also depicting a scenario that, I think, on some level he's hoping will occur within himself.
在《圣诞清晨歌》中有一个无宗教信仰的人逃跑的画面，我认为弥尔顿同时也在描绘一个剧情，某种程度上他希望这样的事情也会发生在自己身上。
So in sum, Kaufman's argument is this: Israel conceived of the divine in an entirely new way. Israel's god differed from the pagan gods in his essential nature. The pagan gods were natural gods.
总而言之，考夫曼的观点就是：以色列从一种全新的角度，构想了神的世界，以色列的上帝与异教的众神，在本质上完全不同，异教的众神是自然的神。
Take knocking on wood, thought to date back to pagan rituals aimed at eliciting help from powerful tree gods. We still do it today, though few, if any, of us worship tree gods.
就拿敲木来说吧，这种被认为在拜占廷时期用来从强大的树神得到帮助的方法，今天我们仍然在做，尽管现在几乎都没有人崇拜树神了。
Take knocking on wood, thought to date back to pagan rituals aimed at eliciting help from powerful tree gods. We still do it today, though few, if any, of us worship tree gods.
就拿敲木来说吧，这种被认为在拜占廷时期用来从强大的树神得到帮助的方法，今天我们仍然在做，尽管现在几乎都没有人崇拜树神了。
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