>>19470742The entire OT was fabricated in the 3rd century BC by Greeks. This was for three purposes:
>Exile the Greeks back to the homelands to replenish the population in the wake of Alexander's conquests>Prop up client states that would fight the Seleucids (the Israelites did this immediately after the Maccabean revolt for no apparent reason)>Destroy Canaanite identity. Notice the Canaanites disappear and are replaced with jews over the course of the 3rd-2nd centuries BC. They were the only rival to Greco-Roman power. 