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Can someone confirm/debunk this? "Jewish scripture is in essence Babylonian and Akkadian mythology with Hebrew/Yahwist elements constructed for establishing a religion to help control a Hebrew state under Persian rule"

by /u/FatMu in /r/AskHistorians

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