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I don't get it. You mean that old Judaism was pagan before scripture?

• nashashmi 3y ago
  Judaism preceded the pagan Roman kingdom. Judaism is a scriptural religion. Judaism gave rise to law as a study. Non scriptural religions had evolving myths and folklore like Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. Those religions did not contribute to law like the prior comment mentions.
  • jiggywiggy 3y ago
    Not really get your point. The Roman law system was pretty advanced without the influence of Judaism. India developed complicated law system before Judaism. Seems like it's part of human societies that grow in complexity, not something special to Judaism. Protestantism definitely had a big impact on the development of western empirism and probably modern law. In general our current Western individualistic skeptic mindset is the heritage of the reformation.
    • nashashmi 3y ago
      > The Roman law system was pretty advanced without the influence of Judaism. Roman law development is thought to be put together by judaic influence. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1452148 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1452148 Indian development is beyond my understanding. Protestantism led to direct literacy and scholarship in Bible studies. Again, this is influenced by religion. The adoption of literacy is what led to Northern Europe's success.