[VaBthang4]

"Also, there is cryptic evidence in the Bible that the early Israelites were indeed polytheistic."

No...

...there isnt. /smirk

[ZULU]

I guess you never heard of the Elohist and Yahwehst traditions in the Old Testament.

I also imagine you prefer to ignore the continual references in the Old Testament to the Israelites putting up sacred groves and pillars and their continual wanderings through the pathways of polytheism from the Golden Calf to the time of Ahab and Manasseh.

I suggest you go back and read the Old Testament and check out a book called “The Harlot at the Side of the Road”, written by a biblical scholar.

Then do a little growing up.