Editing / codifying I'll give you, but do you have evidence for "writing/commissioning much of the [Hebrew Bible]"? ("Old Testament" presumes that there is a another Testament which has superceeded the first, and thus I eschew using the phrase).
Do you have any evidence or a source which posits the idea that the Mesopotamian practices were adopted by Jews as part of a brokered deal?
I believe you're well into the realm of speculative history here...
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Editing / codifying I'll give you, but do you have evidence for "writing/commissioning much of the [Hebrew Bible]"? ("Old Testament" presumes that there is a another Testament which has superceeded the first, and thus I eschew using the phrase).
Do you have any evidence or a source which posits the idea that the Mesopotamian practices were adopted by Jews as part of a brokered deal?
I believe you're well into the realm of speculative history here...