So maybe what we have here is another polemic,another adaptation of familiar stories and motifs to express something new.

所以，也许这又是另一场辩论,又是对我们所熟悉故事的颠覆。

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We're going to read these stories with an eye to Israel's adaptation of Near Eastern motifs and themes to sort of monotheize those motifs and themes and express a new conception of God and the world and humankind.

我们将阅读这些故事，并关注,以色列是怎样把一神论从近东时期的宗教主题中分离出来,并创造出一个关于神、世界和人类的崭新观点的。

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The purpose of new form is not to express new content, but to change an old form which has lost its aesthetic quality lost its power to take the film away from our eyes].

新形式的目的不是要表达新的内容，而是要更换已经失去美学价值的旧形式,不能调整我们看世界的旧眼光了。

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