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• thiseggowaffles@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Further back than Babylon. We’re talking ancient Sumer.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sorry, much further back than the Cappadocians and you’ve lost me

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• sylver_dragon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I would be surprised if they were borrowing ideas from other cultures in the area (and vice versa). The various peoples in Mesopotamia were interacting regularly; so, some back and forth of ideas is to be expected. Though as a law code, Deuteronomy seems like it would be more home grown.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Not at all surprised, christianity has assimilated all kinds of religions, usually as evil or demon prince. Some examples: Moloch, Beelzebub.

    You can literally look up <ancient deity> and search for christianity.

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    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Sorry, just recognized my typo, I meant to say “I wouldn’t be surprised…”., Not sure how I missed that.

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