Pieces of ceramics found at archeological areas help tell about ancient cultures.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Now, texts from Ancient Near Eastern cultures suggest that a central function of the rituals that were performed in sanctuaries was to secure the perpetual aid and blessing of a well-disposed deity.

古近东文化的课文中提出,在圣所里进行的仪式的一个主要功能,是保证能够向神灵获得永久地帮助和祝福。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Now in Kaufman's view the similarities, therefore, between the Israelites and Ancient Near Eastern religion and cultures that everyone was so busily finding and celebrating, these were in the end similarities in form and external structure, appearance. They weren't essential similarities.

在考夫曼看来，人们苦苦寻找的,犹太与古近东宗教文化的相似点,只是在形式和外部结构上相同罢了,这些并不是必要的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Since ancient times, cultures around the world have been making and performing with puppets.

VOA: special.2009.09.23