weird article at the bbc, as i'm surfing while waiting for something to render.

i need to do some running around today, but the renders are up to mar 23rd, now. i need to prioritize having the material for court ready, so i'm going to push through to the first week of april.

i actually have a theory that the hebrews were initially an iranian tribe before migrating to the mediterranean. it's pretty unorthodox, but it's not without support over the basis of comparative religions.

the reality is that the hebrew god is starkly indo-european in nature, and kind of weird in a semitic context. it kind of seems more like some iranians showed up there in canaan and integrated with the fundamentally egyptian culture.

the standard history reminds people of the exile in babylon, and it's not like that doesn't make sense. but, if you can derive judaism more directly from zoroastrianism, you can break through a lot of contradictions.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170406-this-obscure-religion-shaped-the-west