An academic study which was conducted by Dr. Abdulghani Ghali Fares and researcher Makarem Ehsan Sbeih from the History Department of the College of Education for Girls presented an analysis of monotheism and polytheism among the Children of Israel from their inception until the fall of the Kingdom of Judah in 587 BC.
The study deals with the first axis of monotheism and polytheism among the Children of Israel from their inception until the era of the Judges. The second axis of the study explored monotheism and polytheism among the Children of Israel during the era of the Judges. The third and final axis delved into the concept of monotheism and polytheism among the Children of Israel during the royal era.
The study concluded that the first generation of the Children of Israel, raised and nurtured in the wilderness of Palestine, held high levels of monotheism, even after their entry into Egypt in the seventeenth century BC. Subsequent generations, living in Egypt, were influenced by the religion of the ancient Egyptians and worshipped their deities. True monotheism among the Israelites only reemerged after their departure from Egypt, in the late thirteenth century BC, during the time of Moses.
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