> . . . Or Christianity, or Hindu epics like Ramayana, or the Buddhist struggle for enlightenment and non-violence against our darker natures. All of which pos

> . . . Or Christianity, or Hindu epics like Ramayana, or the Buddhist struggle for enlightenment and non-violence against our darker natures. All of which post-date Zoroastrianism, which is the point. > Jewish Monotheism was most strongly advocated by the Prophet Isiah. While this was done in Babylon, it was done prior to the birth of Zarathustra. Possible, but unlikely. Isaiah was somewhere around the 7th-8th centuries BCE; Zoroaster somewhere between the 7th-15th. Although if it's the origins of monotheism that you're looking for, then Akhenaten certainly pre-dates Isiah, probably pre-dates Zoroaster, and is far more evidenced than either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten