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.

Contrary to what is sometimes claimed, the ancient Egyptians did have a flood myth that is clearly analogous to those seen in ...

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 ...

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 ...