The story begins not in a temple, but in the dust of the Edomite wilderness, centuries before the first stone of Jerusalem was laid.
The true "invention" of the universal God happened in 587 BCE, during a moment of total despair. The Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem, burned the Temple, and dragged the elite into exile. Normally, when a city fell, its god was considered "dead" or defeated by the enemy's god. The Invention of God
hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674504974">archaeological evidence for this transition or look into the natural origins of other ancient myths ? The Invention of God: Römer, Thomas, Geuss, Raymond The story begins not in a temple, but