Relations between the two countries have been strained for a year because of a disputed ancient temple on their border.

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On the other hand, a Protestant distaste for priest-centered cultic ritual colors scholarly accounts of the temple, and its meaning for ancient Israelites.

一方面，新教徒不喜欢，以神职人员为中心的,狂热祭祀，就庙宇来说，也有不同的歪曲，以及对犹太人的意义。

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Unlike the ancient near eastern cities, these towns do not grow up around a temple or a marketplace, confluence of rivers as they do in medieval Europe.

和古代近东的城市不同,这些城邦不以庙宇或集市为中心来扩展的,也不像中世纪的欧洲那样以河流交汇点为中心

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