The other thing you have is religious syncretism.

另一点是宗教融合。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I also want to give another layer to this understanding of O'Connor as a religious writer by looking at what she said in her correspondence to one of her readers who asked her some questions, and this is on the handout that I passed around.

我还想给大家另一层,理解这位宗教作家的方式,那就是去看她,回复一位读者问题的信件，这在我发给大家的材料上有。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选