Um. European law at the time was greco-roman law and greek philosophy, reason, a

Um. European law at the time was greco-roman law and greek philosophy, reason, and proto-empiricism. All of the middle east used mythicism instead. We call it lying but … it’s just their religious tradition. So yes, rabbinical judaism after 300ad was an attempt to copy the legitimacy and organizing principles of a much more advanced civilization: greece and rome.