This is the following evidence that he cites; the mainstays of the dietary laws are these: first, the prohibition against eating animal blood from Genesis 9, which symbolizes the life.

他列举了以下的证据：,饮食教规的主要思想是这些：,首先，《创世纪》第九章提到的禁食动物的血液，因为这血液象征生命。

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So what we think we know derives chiefly from archeological evidence, which is before writing--mute evidence that has to be interpreted and is very complicated, and is far from secure.

我们目前所认为的史实,主要都是从考古证据中所得,这些无声的证据出现于文字记录之前,因此就需要繁复的考证及解读,这些考证未必可靠

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