So maybe what we have here is another polemic,another adaptation of familiar stories and motifs to express something new.

所以，也许这又是另一场辩论,又是对我们所熟悉故事的颠覆。

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Very similar, parallel stories, and yet there are significant contrasts between the Mesopotamian story and its Israelite adaptation.

比较苏美尔版与犹太人版的故事,非常相似，但是同时有很大的对比。

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We're going to read these stories with an eye to Israel's adaptation of Near Eastern motifs and themes to sort of monotheize those motifs and themes and express a new conception of God and the world and humankind.

我们将阅读这些故事，并关注,以色列是怎样把一神论从近东时期的宗教主题中分离出来,并创造出一个关于神、世界和人类的崭新观点的。

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