Husky, you have stated the conventional wisdom but you are forgetting the most important part that this entire region was under the greco-roman boot. I find it hard to believe that this ideology "meme" arose spontaneously among the jews but did not affect their blood brothers, the arabs, till seven centuries later ( despite all the arab desert heat, harsh conditions, blood feuding, and other such deprivations, which are typically touted as formative to this particular "meme"). Meanwhile, the entire greco-roman civilization had bitten the dust. There are parts of the story missing.
The two Eastern traditions of Zoroastrainism and Buddhism which verifiably intrude into this hectic space and have a formative effect on Judaism just happen to get labeled as monotheistic and atheistic, respectively (in addition to being ideological!) and the actual greco-roman oppressors of the Jews get off scot-free as non-ideological!!! Really amazing!!!!!!
Even from the purely practical standpoint of Hindu defense, it would pay to apply the equal equal tactic to both greco-romans and jews. Why acquiesce in the historical lynching of the jews as the deficient developers of this meme.
The two Eastern traditions of Zoroastrainism and Buddhism which verifiably intrude into this hectic space and have a formative effect on Judaism just happen to get labeled as monotheistic and atheistic, respectively (in addition to being ideological!) and the actual greco-roman oppressors of the Jews get off scot-free as non-ideological!!! Really amazing!!!!!!
Even from the purely practical standpoint of Hindu defense, it would pay to apply the equal equal tactic to both greco-romans and jews. Why acquiesce in the historical lynching of the jews as the deficient developers of this meme.