Its second function is cosmological. It's explaining cosmic phenomena: the land, the sky, the heavenly bodies and so on, and their origins.

第二个是宇宙学方面的，它解释了宇宙现象：,大地，天空，天体等等及它们的起源。

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So Israelite accounts of creation contain ; clear allusions to and resonances of Ancient Near Eastern cosmogonies; but perhaps Genesis 1 can best be described as Demythologizing what was a common cultural heritage.

以色列的创世故事中包含了,对古代近东宇宙学明确的影射和暗示;,也许《创世纪》可以被描述为,对共同文化遗产的去传奇化。

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