> 5th century bce vs judaism which popped up in 6th century bce as a monotheistic redaction of polytheistic canaanite cults. > as a monotheistic redaction of polytheistic canaanite cults. precisely. we don't exactly have a name for said polytheistic cults, so it's just referred to as proto-judaism. so acting like your religion was untouched by jews just because the modern version of "judaism" didn't exist until 5c bce is... well, you refuted that yourself by acknowledging the existence of proto jews. they've been fucking around in other religions since the beginning of time, and for some reason you're getting upset when someone brings up the possibility that your personal pet religion was tampered with as well.
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