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That's an interesting theory, Seeker. Care to expand on it? For instance, are you one of those who believe that the temple at Jerusalem was solely set up by Cyrus to serve the Abarnahara satrap, that the Jews were actually a sect of Zoroastrianised priests and were never a nation until the time of ...

rich wrote:Soo - what of the Sefer Yetsirah - would that also be influenced by the greeks then? Or a deeper look into Zoroastrianism?

That's a tough one only because we really don't know if it isn't hust a medieval creation or something older. I think its likely pretty late, like 8th or 9th century CE

Thx all for the kind greetings. rich - I think Ahura Mazda and the seven sparkles (love that) are very much in play. I very strongly think that Judaism started out as Mazdayasna and that origen was obfuscated by the Greeks who basically wanted to discredit all things Persian. Ish - I would suggest t...

Hi all, I'm new to the site and after reading through this thread I see that you don't have a proper minimalist (apologies to Minimalist but your nick is slightly misleading). Frankly as I look at the archaeological evidence from the region I see no reson to ascribe any biblical tradition to Judah u...