We're dealing with a highly embellished and theologically interpreted myth of origins for a nation.

我们在探讨,一个高度美化并且经由神学解释的神话,关于一个国家的起源。

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These problems are embellished in many ways to make you all feel involved.

这些题目以各种形式出现,就是想更贴近你们的生活

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Are they abandoned? Are they embellished?

抛弃？修饰？

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So much more important than historical verifiability is the conviction of the ancient Israelites who received and venerated these traditions, and developed them, and embellished them, that God had once acted on their behalf, rescuing them from bondage, binding them to himself in an eternal covenant.

无比史料证明更重要的是,古代以色列人坚定的信仰,他们接受并且崇敬那些传统，将它们发扬，美化它们，认为上帝曾为了他们而行动，将他们从奴役中解救，在永恒的契约中将他们与上帝联系在一起。

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