Some scholars believe that Yahweh was originally a tribal deity—a god whom the Hebrews worshiped and considered superior to the pagan gods.

一些学者认为耶和华最初是一个部落神——希伯来人崇拜的神，并认为他比异教神更优越。

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The pagan cult, Kaufman claims, is a system of rites.

考夫曼认为，异教祭仪，是一个仪式系统。

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Milton's been noting that some of the pagan deities that the fallen angels eventually became were male and some were female.

堕落天使化身成的异端神灵,有男有女，弥尔顿本无须说明。

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Milton's been noting that some of the pagan deities that the fallen angels eventually became were male and some were female.

堕落天使化身成的异端神灵,有男有女，弥尔顿本无须说明。

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No divine evil agents. Again, in the pagan worldview the primordial womb spawns all sorts of beings, all kinds of divinities, good and evil that are in equal strength.

没有带有灵力的邪恶化身，同时，在异教的世界观中,万物孕育于一个原始的发源地，所有的神，善神和恶神，都具有相同的能力。

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With the scene of the flight of the pagan gods at the nativity of Christ Milton is also depicting a scenario that, I think, on some level he's hoping will occur within himself.

在《圣诞清晨歌》中有一个无宗教信仰的人逃跑的画面,我认为弥尔顿同时也在描绘一个剧情，某种程度上他希望这样的事情也会发生在自己身上。

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Christ was born into the Pagan world of Rome, a world of cyclical despair.

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In February and March the pagan spring is on its way, and so is the church's Great Lent.

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If, however, by 13 December your love life has not improved, St Andrew's may lend a hand to tickle the pagan gods.

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