A novelty to be given to Ezra IAHV will attribute to the creation of the world. This idea appears to have had relationships with other civilizations that have lived and those influences are very much in the future Christianity.
The first strong influence (although not a direct influence) is to produce changes in perception that have to IAHV to be superior to the Babylonian and Persian gods. The Persians say that their god was the creator of the world and so had to give a vision of not less than IAHV those gods. IAHV once was a warrior god and protector of his people. Now also created the world. This does not amount to monotheism, and still accept the existence of other gods, yes, lower or at least no more powerful than Yahweh. This idea still exists that there are other gods also be seen in certain passages of the Bible:
"The Lord God made man and woman in leather tunics and dressed. Then he said: Behold the man, who has become one of us by the knowledge of good and evil! Do not go now to lend a hand and take the tree of life, and eating it live forever! "
Genesis 3, 21-23
Having now that IAHV new conception of God as Creator is necessary to establish a line of descent from the world's creation to Moses. So the Genesis is not only about the creation of the world, but also a series of genealogies of certain characters. Also borrowed several myths from different cultures. Mesopotamian literature will borrow the myth of the deluge that is much earlier than this time (they appear in the epic of Gilgamesh) and Babylonian literature take the myth of the Tower of Babel.
In this way the "family tree" is as follows:
Keep in mind that non-biological generations. They are fictional characters that serve to fill the void that had been among the world's creation and Moses. It was to unite the people with this idea of \u200b\u200bcreating the world IAHV. After Moses reach the historic elements that would stretch to the Persian era. Thus creating what will be the future Pentateuch (consisting of the following books: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus and Deuteronomy) then follow the historical books (Book of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings ...). So far only existed in Deuteronomy, which were collected rules and high standards. Now we develop stories that make up the rest of what we now know as the Old Testament.
With this new concept comes also another idea is that the people of Israel it has been the chosen people since the creation of the world as IAHV already had said to Abraham (although this character was created long after Moses, the books chronologically appears as a character above.)
to the second century BC the Jews will continue to be an insignificant minority. Since the sixth century BC to the second century BC little is known about them. They remain a minority and therefore dominated again rethinking its relationship with Yahweh. In the Psalms we find complaints of the Jews for their situation:
"Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against the bad guys, rescue the man false and criminal. For thou art, O God, my strength, why have you rejected me? Why I go so I thought, under the oppression of my enemy? "
Psalm 44, 1-3
IAHV was central to the beliefs of the Jewish people. Not happening in other cultures where a god could change the other, because the identity of the people themselves would vanish.
In this context we pose the following question: What if there is only one god? What if our god is the same as that of the Persians? (The Persians had helped them build a new temple to IAHV). The Persians did not represent their god (there were representations of the god) So, why would IAHV to punish them?
If there is only one god and should not arise because the god of the Persians is more powerful than Yahweh. Furthermore, the Persians help them in their worship and rituals IAHV. In this way you are creating a monotheistic theory. They could understand what had happened and gave them hope (as is the god of all and benefit us) is a way to save your ass to Yahweh. This idea soon spread and be taken, but the Jewish people will never forget his first conception of IAHV (as a chosen people to a promised land.)
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