So in sum, Kaufman's argument is this: Israel conceived of the divine in an entirely new way. Israel's God differed from the pagan gods in his essential nature. The pagan gods were natural gods.

总而言之，考夫曼的观点就是：以色列从一种全新的角度,构想了神的世界，以色列的上帝与异教的众神,在本质上完全不同，异教的众神是自然的神。

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Everyone agrees that the epic similes in Paradise Lost are different from the epic similes in any other epic poem, and everyone agrees - I'm just going to be presenting to you a sense of critical consensus here - everyone agrees that the similes are in some way absolutely essential to an understanding of this remarkable poem.

大家都同意中的诗意明喻,是和其他诗中的有所不同的，这是共识,-我将要向大家说明这一点,关于这点大家有决定性的共识,-大家都同意这些明喻某种程度上对于,理解这种异常卓越的诗是必然很重要的。

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