Those tensions go all the way back to the Crusades - when Christian armies invaded the Holy Land.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

This novel--as you will soon see, Onnie Jay Holy once you get to the parts where Onnie Jay Holy begins to preach-- this novel is very much a critique of sentimentality.

这本书--你很快会看到，当你一读到,开始传道的部分-,这本书就几乎成一部对多愁善感的评论。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But the introduction, "You shall be holy for I the Lord your God am holy"--being holy in imitation of God is emphasized repeatedly as the purpose of the laws in the Holiness Code especially.

你们要圣洁，因为我耶和华你们的神是圣洁的“,这一引言就是教导人们要效仿上帝保持圣洁,作为法律的目的它被反复强调，特别是在圣洁法典里。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They want to support President Barack Obama's initiatives for peace in the Holy Land through a two-state solution.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

It's Holy Week. He goes to hear the well-known Miserere of Allegri, Gregorio Allegri.

当时是圣周,他前去聆听,闻名遐迩的《求主垂怜》,格雷戈里奥·阿雷格里

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

He said he and his family are willing to become martyrs for the sake of a Palestinian-controlled Jerusalem and its Muslim holy sites.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

It's now exactly that power from which Milton has been excluded by virtue of his blindness -- light: "Hail holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, / Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd?"

而是弥尔顿已经被失明剥夺的一种力量,圣光，你是上帝最初的产物，永恒的光束,我是否可以向你表达我无限的敬意“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"Fatah stands at a point where it will continue to organize the process of defending the holy sites through popular effort and grass-roots mobilization,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

The backmost square-shaped chamber of that inner shrine was the inner sanctum or the holy of holies.

神殿最后面的正方形的空间,是内圣所或者说，最神圣的地方。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The Intel protests pit holy tradition against high-technology and point to the dilemma of trying to apply ancient Jewish law in a modern Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The narrow cobblestone alleyways of the Old City were packed with Israelis visiting for the week-long Passover holiday and Christian pilgrims who are here for Easter Holy Week.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

accompanied by cellist Yo-Yo Ma during the sacrament of Holy Communion.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

As Somalis prepare to observe the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, al-Shabab and Hisbul Islam rebels appeared to have made good on their vow to mark the start of Ramadan with intensified attacks against the government and the African Union mission in Mogadishu known as AMISOM.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

He is also lead author of the paper, Fast Profits: Investor Sentiment and Stock Returns During Ramadan. Reporter Cecily Hilleary asked him to explain the so-called Ramadan Effect. During the Holy Month, we find that on average, stock returns are almost nine times higher in predominantly Muslim countries than during other times of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

But the basic implication is that if the past repeats itself, if one could replicate the past, the implication is as follows: Those seeking to gain fast profits, they should try and profit from the fast, buying shares prior to the start of Ramadan and selling them at the end of the Holy Month or,preferably, immediately after Eid al-Fitr, where our results begin to decline.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05