Creation of God

A brief history of monotheism from the author of the books "Jesus. Historical Investigation" and "Christ with a Thousand Faces". The importance of the idea of monotheism is hard to overestimate — the entire modern world is shaped by monotheism.... However, monotheism, upon reflection, is a very strange idea. The belief in a single creator god who is all-good, yet simultaneously responsible for deaths, epidemics, cancer and heart attacks, the demise of infants and righteous people — this is a peculiar and optional idea. The Chinese civilization has excellently managed without it for more than three thousand years. Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome thrived for centuries without monotheism. The author of this book will not discuss the concept of the One God from either a theological or philosophical point of view. If you have wandered here for transcendental beginnings — this is not the place for you. This book has only one goal — historical analysis. To see how the idea of a single god emerged and evolved, and what interest groups it served. How did monotheism arise? Where did those Jews go who worshiped Yahweh but were not monotheists? And what relation do the ancient beliefs of the Jews, which did not fit into the strict monotheistic canon but have been preserved in the popular environment for centuries, have to the development of the two other major monotheistic religions — Christianity and Islam? This book is dedicated to answering these questions.