By contrast, he describes differentiation as a process whereby Israel came to reject its Canaanite roots, and create a separate identity.

相反，他认为保留差异的过程,是因为以色列人拒绝迦南根源，创建独立身份。

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And it became common to reject any ancient story that wasn't really nailed down very, very firmly by some device.

越来越多的人开始不相信那些远古的故事,因为它们没有确凿的证据和可靠的说法

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They reject certain elements But they almost reject them by incorporating them.

他们否定了某些要素,但他们在吸纳的同时又进行了否定。

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