Did Judaism borrow ideas from the Zoroastrian religion?

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I was hoping if someone could provide Scholarly articles that can refute any of this. I know for a fact that Zoroastrianism does predate Judaism and Christianity but does that mean that it really influenced us?
 
It might help if you could tell us what “ideas,” exactly, Judaism is thought to have borrowed from the Zoroastrian religion.
 
You mean resurrection of everyone, all at once, at a distant date in the future? I believe that is how resurrection is understood in Judaism. Nothing like Easter or the Raising of Lazarus. Is that a Zoroastrian belief?
 
This is such a broad topic. Can you be a little more specific.
 
For example there is the consensus that Judaism borrowed ideas of a monotheistic entity.
 
That is still too broad, Judaism and its history spans a very long time. The Jewish were the first to worship One God. This was in and through times when many gods were worshipped by the entire population, Jewish or not. Abrahams father made statues and other artifacts to these false Gods in Ur.
Abraham , as we know, was lead out of Ur, by God who tevealed Himself as the one true God.

I am not sure I understand ‘borrowed ideas from a montheistic entity’, do you mean from God?
 
From my readings, all religions have barrowed some ideas from their neighbors and then mold and shape them within the framework of their beliefs.
Judaism probably adopted and changed Zorastrianism’s views on the duality of good and evil as probably one of the biggest. Views on the afterlife also became more developed with the return of the exiled Jews.

Just my thoughts from readings…
 
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Jews see Zoroastrianism as a duality, not a monotheistic system. So, no, Jews did not borrow that.

Most religions have something to say about the afterlife - but that doesn’t mean they acquired that from other belief systems. Correlation is not causation.

Egyptians believed in an afterlife - did Zoroastrianism acquire that from Egypt?

The fact is, that the LORD chose the Hebrew people on purpose, and said He would be their God, and they would be His people. He also revealed Himself as a Father God, rather than a mother goddess. This was in contrast to all the other religions of the near Middle East. He was distinctive on purpose. He was a single God, again, very different from the gods of competing religions. He was also a jealous God, He did not permit His people to worship a pantheon of different gods, contrary to most of the competing religions of that area.
Our ancestors in the faith, the Jewish People, were chosen for a purpose. From them came forth the Son of God who redeemed the world, and made us all chosen people through Christianity.
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I think we should remember that the Ancient Middle East was something of a religious supermarket with lots of religious ideas competing for attention - bit like now, really.

While religious authorities usually managed to get adherents to toe the line, the real problem might have been at the level of superstition - for example, might some of our Jewish foremothers have taken comfort in ‘Great Goddess’ childbirth talismans (taliswomans?)?

Even today, where religion is everywhere, so is superstition.
 
I think the word “borrow” leads to incorrect notions. “Borrowing” suggests non-ownership or even usurpation.

If Zarathustra had good ideas then those ideas came from God. God may speak to any of His children. However, all of Z’s bad ideas were his own.

So, God revealed to the Jewish patriarchs those same truths and many more. The owner of the those truths remains Truth itself.
 
There’s a general view that the figure of Satan is Persian in origin.
 
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