But we are going to be spending a fair amount of time talking actually about the meaning and the function of Israel's purity laws and cultic laws in a later lecture.

但是接下来我们将花相当一部分的时间,讨论以色列纯度法律和祭仪法律的,意义和作用。

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By the same token the cult, Kaufman says, has no automatic or material power.

出于同样的原因，祭仪本身不能产生能量。

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Now I use the word "cult" and every year people look at me and say "what is cult? I don't even understand what that means."

在这里我用“祭仪“这个词，每一年人们都会问我,“什么是祭仪？我甚至不知道它是什么意思，“

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We'll learn more about "cult," but it refers to a system of rites, okay?

我们会学到更多关于“祭仪“的内容，而这里它指的是？

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The pagan cult, Kaufman claims, is a system of rites.

考夫曼认为，异教祭仪，是一个仪式系统。

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A system of rites, and we'll be looking at the Israelite cult later.

一个仪式系统，之后我们会讲到以色列祭仪。

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So it's essential for the maintenance, preservation of the world.

因此祭仪对于维护世界的延续是必不可少的。

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