The most salient feature of the Deuteronomistic School is the conviction that Israel's residence in the land is a function of its obedience or disobedience to the covenant with Yahweh.

申命记学院派最突出的特点是,它认为以色列能居住于土地是因为,他顺从上帝，或者说是不遵从与耶和华的契约。

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In fact, in the book of Judges, you will read of a temple to Israel's God, the God of the Covenant, and that temple is called the Temple to the God of the Covenant or Baal Berit.

事实上，《士师记》中，你会读到祭祀以色列神的庙，订立契约的上帝，这座庙叫做,契约之神庙或者太阳神巴力之约。

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He accepts entirely, or the laws force him to accept entirely, the covenant that every citizen has with the laws that binds them to absolute obedience.

他全盘接受，或说法律迫使他全盘接受，每位公民,与法律的约定,使他们束缚于绝对服从中。

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The sovereign is described by Hobbes as an artificial person by which he means the sovereign is the creation of the contract or the covenant that brought this office into being.

霍布斯把君主描述为一个,现今意义上的法人,也就是说君主的权力,是由某种意义上的合同,或说是契约而形成的。

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We should note that this notion, or this idea of a god who can even make and keep an eternal covenant is only possible on the view that God's word and will are absolute, insusceptible to nullification by some superior power or some divine antagonist.

需要注意的一点是,神可以签订和遵守契约,只有可能是，上帝言语和意愿是不可违背的,并不会因为高级权力和强大对手而受到影响。

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The word "berit" means covenant. It is referred to as Baal Berit ; it's referred to as El Berit or Baal El Berit; and this is in reference to Yahweh.

berit“这个词语的意思就是契约，它指巴力之约,它被称作El契约或者巴力之约;,但这是指耶和华的。

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