It's also called historical criticism, because its ultimate goal and purpose was not just to isolate the sources, but to arrange them according to relative dates as far as they might be ascertained, and then to chart changes in Israel's religion.

还被叫作历史批判学，因为其最终目标,不仅仅是分离材料，而且要根据可以确定下来的,相对日期对其进行整理，然后追踪以色列的,宗教变更。

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