古代近东地区最早的城邦出现在美索不达米亚平原的南端，该地区位于底格里斯河和幼发拉底河之间，也就是现在的伊拉克境内。
The earliest of the city states of the ancient Near East appeared at the southern end of the Mesopotamian plain, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.
这个传奇的诞生也有对应的故事,在古代近东以及其他一些地区。
This legendary birth story has important parallels in Ancient Near Eastern and other literature.
这也就是世界的图景;,就像我画的古代近东的地图，但它不是那样的。
This by the way is the portrait of the world; It looks a lot like my map of the Ancient Near East, but it's not.
史诗也解释并且映射了巴比伦王国的兴起，它是古代近东繁盛的城市之一。
The epic also explains and mirrors the rise of Babel as one of the great cities in the Ancient Near East.
那些古代近东的听众们都竖起耳朵：，我原以为我知道这个故事。
And the Ancient Near Eastern listener would prick up their ears: I thought I knew this story.
迹象的最古老的文化之间的接触古代近东和远东地区的约六千年岁。
The oldest indications for cultural contact between the ancient Near East and the Far East are about six thousand years old.
古代以色列和犹太崇拜仪式非常像,我们所知的迦南和古代近东的崇拜仪式。
The worship practices of ancient Israel and Judah clearly resemble what we know of Canaanite and Ancient Near Eastern worship practices.
作为西方文明之源的古希腊文明，早期曾受到古代近东地区文明的重要影响。
The Greek culture, as the resource of western civilization, was greatly influenced by the ancient Near East, especially the Egypt and the Western Asia.
为什么他要违背传统古代近东的惯例，也就是长子继承制，由第一个儿子继承？
Why does he go against the traditional Ancient Near Eastern practice of primogeniture, inheritance by the first born?
事实上，在现代大学里有一整个系，研究古代近东，它们的出现不是因为，人们对近东文化自动产生兴趣。
In fact, you have entire departments of ancient near-eastern studies arise in modern universities, and they don't arise just because people are automatically interested in near-eastern cultures.
对与历史批判法来说这意味着什么，在20世纪：，老师会教神学学生，一点点关于古代近东社会和文化的知识。
What that means with historical criticism in the twentieth century: you have theological students being taught a little bit about ancient near-eastern society and culture.
唐纳德·卡根所著《关于古代历史的问题》之“古代近东和希腊”，第二版。第一卷。普伦蒂斯·霍尔出版社：纽约，1975年，第1章。
Kagan, Donald. "Problems in Ancient History." in The Ancient Near East and Greece. 2nd Ed., vol. 1. Prentice-Hall: New York, 1975, chapter 1.
这个故事必然对一些人来说亲近又珍贵,对那些古代以色列和近东的听众，那就具备了复述故事的一切要素。
That was a story that surely was near and dear to the hearts of Many ancient Israelites and Ancient Near Eastern listeners, so all the elements are there for the retelling of that story.
这个故事必然对一些人来说亲近又珍贵,对那些古代以色列和近东的听众，那就具备了复述故事的一切要素。
That was a story that surely was near and dear to the hearts of Many ancient Israelites and Ancient Near Eastern listeners, so all the elements are there for the retelling of that story.
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