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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1504318" data-attributes="member: 2189">That&#039;s fine but how does that change the point of how jews view Cyrus?&nbsp; The focus was about the relationship of judaism to Persia.&nbsp; Nobody argued the Babylonian captivity or it&#039;s cause, rather the point was on Persia and the actions after the fact.&nbsp; Just so you know. in post 2434 above I did make note that the judeans were in the Babylonian captivity.&nbsp; I left the rest of the details bare so as to offer you an entry point into the conversation.As to idolatry, Judea even after the captivity may well have been much more a culture of monolatrism than purely monotheistic. In its exoteric sense, yes monotheism seems to dominate but once you begin reading many jewish and gnostic esoteric writings, the monotheistic purity seems to seriously wane.&nbsp; Judaism especially by the 1st century CE was heavily Hellenized and thus why some argue that Jesus mirrors many greek gods moreso than the jewish messiah prophecies.&nbsp; Besides jews were looking for a earthly Davidic king and not a god man from heaven.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1504318, member: 2189"] That's fine but how does that change the point of how jews view Cyrus? The focus was about the relationship of judaism to Persia. Nobody argued the Babylonian captivity or it's cause, rather the point was on Persia and the actions after the fact. Just so you know. in post 2434 above I did make note that the judeans were in the Babylonian captivity. I left the rest of the details bare so as to offer you an entry point into the conversation. As to idolatry, Judea even after the captivity may well have been much more a culture of monolatrism than purely monotheistic. In its exoteric sense, yes monotheism seems to dominate but once you begin reading many jewish and gnostic esoteric writings, the monotheistic purity seems to seriously wane. Judaism especially by the 1st century CE was heavily Hellenized and thus why some argue that Jesus mirrors many greek gods moreso than the jewish messiah prophecies. Besides jews were looking for a earthly Davidic king and not a god man from heaven. [/QUOTE]

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