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during the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people in the sixth century BCE, prominent Jewish thinkers were influenced by the core ideas of Zoroastrianism, including the conception of Ahura Mazda as a creator god and the cosmic struggle between good and evil. As we'll see later, some of the most important sections of the Old Testament were written during the Jewish exile in Babylon and likely inspired by Zoroastrian beliefs.
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The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning
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