Monotheism didn't emerge with Judaism ... Chalmers said. Owning a religious text became a mark of social status. And states began throwing themselves behind specific religious movements.

Others also asked fundamental questions of human existence, but Jews alone insisted on ethical monotheism – one God ... through generations, based on texts and traditions, it wove faith ...

As Berger puts it, Christianity is “non-pagan avoda zara in a monotheistic mode.” Thus, both Maimonides and Rabbi Yehuda Hahassid – in the uncensored versions of their texts – forbid entry ...

one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions. Ancient texts suggest that Nowruz was celebrated in the ancient city of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire which lasted ...

It has not been seen in the U.S. since 2013 and offers "a rare opportunity to explore one of the most significant texts in religious ... the development of major monotheistic faiths practiced ...

The holy book of ancient Persia’s quasi-monotheistic creed survives as a sprawling collection of fragments—an estimated one-quarter of the original text. The last complete manuscripts may have ...

The confusion is not just spiritual but material and cultural. Non-practising or secular people brought up in monotheistic cultures are just as likely to find polytheism bewildering. Attitudes ...