did you even read all of the things the Jews took after the invasion? There is ZERO doubt here that this is all mythology.
Second Temple Judaism
During the period of the
Second Temple (c. 515 BC – 70 AD), the Hebrew people lived under the rule of first the Persian
Achaemenid Empire, then the Greek kingdoms of the
Diadochi, and finally the
Roman Empire.
[32] Their culture was profoundly influenced by those of the peoples who ruled them.
[32] Consequently, their views on existence after death were profoundly shaped by the ideas of the Persians, Greeks, and Romans.
[33][34] The idea of the
immortality of the soul is derived from Greek philosophy
[34] and the idea of the
resurrection of the dead is derived from Persian cosmology.
[34] By the early first century AD, these two seemingly incompatible ideas were often conflated by Hebrew thinkers.
[34] The Hebrews also inherited from the Persians, Greeks, and Romans the idea that the human soul originates in the divine realm and seeks to return there.
[32] The idea that a human soul belongs in Heaven and that Earth is merely a temporary abode in which the soul is tested to prove its worthiness became increasingly popular during the
Hellenistic period (323 – 31 BC).
[29] Gradually, some Hebrews began to adopt the idea of Heaven as the eternal home of the righteous dead.
[29]
