Single Idea 7598

[catalogued under 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 Reference

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


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.