Israel’s religious stories, cult, temple, priesthood, laws, and kingship have extensive detailed parallels with non- Israelite religions in Canaan,…

Israel’s religious stories, cult, temple, priesthood, laws, and kingship have extensive detailed parallels with non- Israelite religions in Canaan, Egypt, and elsewhere in the ancient Near East. How much influence did these early religious traditions have on the formation of Judaism and later on Christianity and Islam?