And the Former Prophets include the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings. They read as a historical narrative.

前先知书》包括《约书亚书》《士师记》,《撒母尔书1-2》《列王记1-2》它们被当作史料。

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There are certain key features of Deuteronomistic thought that are evident from Joshua through 2 Kings One is the belief in the divine election of Jerusalem.

申命记的观点也有某些主要特点,从《约书亚书》到《列王记》都非常明显,一个是对圣地耶路撒冷选择的信仰。

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And that conviction is going to color its presentation, its evaluation and its interpretation of Israel's history and her kings from Joshua right through to 2 Kings.

这一认定将会影响它的描述，它的评估和它对以色列历史的解读,以及它的国王们，从《约书亚》一直到《列王记》

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The last dated event that is mentioned in 2 Kings is something that occurred in 562. That was when King Jehoiachin was released from prison in Babylon, in 562.

列王记》中最后一个有时间考证的事件是,发生在562年的事情，也就是,犹大王约雅斤在562年从巴比伦被释放。

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And that historical narrative that runs from Joshua through 2 Kings provides that information.

历史性叙述从《约书亚书》一直到《列王记》,它提供了这些信息。

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But in any event, Deuteronomy is not simply the concluding book of the Pentateuch, ; or the story that began in Genesis; it's also the first part of a much larger, longer literary work, as I mentioned last time, a work that runs from Deuteronomy through to the end of 2 Kings.

但无论如何，《申命记》不是摩西五经的终结篇，或者说是自《创世纪》开始的故事;,它也是一部更宏观长远的作品的开篇，我上节课提到过，这部作品从《申命记》一直到《列王记》结束。

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Sometimes there are completely new emphases and the story can come out to be a very, very different story. 1 and 2 Chronicles are a retelling and a reworking of much of the material from Genesis through 2 Kings, and it cleans up a lot of the embarrassing moments.

复述的故事会有全新的侧重点，可能和原来的故事之间,存在很大的差别，《历代志》上下就是,对从《创世记》到两部《列王纪》中大量材料的复述和,再加工，它清除了很多令人窘迫的故事。

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