100%. canaanite polytheists worshiping the semitic gods; indo european persian conquest and imposition of quasi-zoroastrian monotheism with centralized temple cult for proscribed, exclusive mazda-manifested-as-yahweh worship, creates a sort of proto-judaism, which is reflected in the elephantine papyri; shortly after, greek conquest and hellenized education with greek conceptions of history and philosophy and ethne; jews author themselves and their history while under ptolemaic rule. christianity is largely a continuation of this process under the romans, except that the history is contemporary instead of foundational and allegedly ancient.
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