In this social background, the synthesis of ghosts and gods worship, traditional thought, Yin and Yang number finally fuses gradually with the advocation of huang Lao han dynasty;
在这种社会背景下,综合传统的鬼神崇拜、神仙思想、阴阳术数终于与汉代所崇尚黄老的思潮逐渐融合;
Mankind has an insatiable need for and an irresistible attraction to a large number of beliefs about gods and demons, magic and miracles, truth and falsehood, love and hate, same and different.
人类对于很多信仰有着不知足的需求和不可压制的吸引力,比如上帝和鬼神,魔法和奇迹,真理和谬论,爱意与憎恨,相同和不同。
It's merely limiting the number of gods worshipped to one, but it houses that God in a temple. It offers him sacrifices and so on.
这仅仅是把崇拜的神的数量缩减为一个,并且把这唯一的上帝供奉在寺庙里,对他进行供奉。
He says the pagan idea, and I quote, "does not approach Israelite monotheism as it diminishes the number of its gods. The Israelite conception of God's unity entails His sovereign transcendence over all." That's the real issue.
考夫曼认为,异教思想,“即使缩小了神的数量,也和以色列的一神论不同,以色列中上帝的概念还包含了他对世间万物,至高无上的统治,“这是一个实际问题。
They also had a creation story. They had a flood story. They did animal sacrifices. They observed purity taboos. Israelite religion was another Ancient Near Eastern religion and they differed from their neighbors only over the number of gods they worshiped: one or many.
他们都有原创的神话,他们都有一个关于洪水的神话,都有动物牺牲,他们都尊崇高洁的竹子,以色列宗教是另一种古近东宗教,它们和别的宗教,唯一不同之处就在于崇拜的神的数量:一个还是多个。
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