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A simple scribe named Shaphan, recording the deeds of the Kingdom of Judah's King Josiah in the 7th century B.C.E. – he and no other is credited with "inventing Judaism," according to an article by Ofri Ilany in Haaretz last week. This was a time of religious reform being pursued by the zealot king, and the article raises crucial questions about religious origins.
