• chaogomu@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Except not for 6000 years.

    The monotheism of the Hebrews was fairly recent, all things considered. 800 to 500 BCE.

    After the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, The Hebrews started retconing their holy texts to make themselves look better. They could do this because most of the previous holy texts had burned in the temple.

    Read up on Second Temple Judaism. It’s the period where most of the Old Testament was written. It started in 516 BCE.