来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第1集 第1集》

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  But they weren't all the same,
  他们并非同一类人
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  and they were in different geographical situations,
  他们来自不同的地区
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  they had different beliefs.
  有着不同的信仰
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  And early Christianity was an attempt to pull
  早期的基督徒希望能将
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  all these things into one unified movement,
  这些不同的东西进行统一
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  in some way, to get some kind of uniformity of belief and practice.
  能将一些信念和仪式进行一定程度的统一
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  So this course is actually going to run counter
  所以这门课程的目的和差异中求统一
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  to that historical tendency to make unity out of diversity.
  这个历史趋向是背道而驰的
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  What we're going to do
  我们要做的是
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  is we're going to take the New Testament,
  学习新约的内容
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  and we're going to take the different writings,
  学习不同的经文文本
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  and we're going to take them apart.
  进行比较阅读