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Single Idea 7598

[filed under theme 29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 1. Monotheistic Religion ]

Full Idea

Zoroaster and the Hebrew prophets evolved different versions of monotheism.

Gist of Idea

Zoroaster and the Hebrew prophets evolved different versions of monotheism

Source

report of Zoroaster (The Gathas (seventeen hymns) [c.900 BCE]) by Karen Armstrong - A History of God Ch.1

Book Ref

Armstrong,Karen: 'A History of God' [Mandarin 1993], p.37

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A Reaction

This seems to be the consensus on the origins of monotheism, which places the development much earlier than the appearance of the idea in Greek philosophy.

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The 3 ideas with the same theme [general idea that there can only be one god]:

7598	Zoroaster and the Hebrew prophets evolved different versions of monotheism [Zoroaster, by Armstrong,K]

1782	Stoics teach that God is a unity, variously known as Mind, or Fate, or Jupiter [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]

20668

Monotheism appeared in Egypt in 1350 BCE, when the god Aten was declared supreme [Harari]