What! Are these researchers implying that the notion that a single God created everything pre-dates Christianity?
Well, that has been known for a while, as the Jews and monotheism predated Christianity. And, monotheism was practiced in Egypt during the Hebrews' slavery days, and some feel that they picked it up from the Egyptians. The Pharoah that practiced monotheism was replaced by one who went back to the classic Egyptian deieties...