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Not monotheism, but counterculture
Israel and Judah produced a Bible not because of an early monotheism or unique intuitions, but because generations of counter-cultural thinkers pushed against the status quo.
Pragmatic truth for survival.
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They resorted to something no army could conquer: language and the written word.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 467
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